Topotecan 4 mg/4 ml (1 mg/ml) intravenous solution at St. Mary Medical Center

1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,519.19

Cash price

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Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,533.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.14 with Noble IPA vs $3,533.00 with SMIPA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $1.14 ↓ -100%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $1.14 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1.27 ↓ -100%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $1.27 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1.27 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.49 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1.69 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1.69 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1.78 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2.60 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2.64 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.64 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2.64 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.94 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $2.94 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.94 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3.19 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3.65 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.20 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.20 ↓ -100%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $5.23 ↓ -100%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $5.24 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.55 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $6.35 ↓ -100%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $6.35 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $183.05 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $273.21 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $423.43 ↓ -72%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $883.25 ↓ -42%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $883.25 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,625.18 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,625.18 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,296.45 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,473.10 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,826.40 ↑ +86%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $3,533.00 ↑ +133%

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Topotecan 4 mg/4 ml (1 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $19.71 $1.49 – $35.10
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $267.29 $1.34 – $1.34
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $267.29 $1.34 – $1.34
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $248.20 $1.34 – $1.34
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $248.20 $1.34 – $1.34
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $267.29 $1.34 – $1.34
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $267.29 $1.34 – $1.34
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $267.29 $1.34 – $1.34

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