Vasopressin 20 unit/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

$1,080.59

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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.

$2,513.00

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.

$100.00 with Health Net vs $2,120.00 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
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $100.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $424.00 ↓ -61%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $530.00 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $530.00 ↓ -51%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $636.00 ↓ -41%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $636.00 ↓ -41%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $742.00 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $975.20 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $975.20 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,229.60 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,272.00 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,314.40 ↑ +22%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,314.40 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,378.00 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,484.00 ↑ +37%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,696.00 ↑ +57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,886.80 ↑ +75%
United Commercial|HMO $2,035.20 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,120.00 ↑ +96%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $2,120.00 ↑ +96%

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Vasopressin 20 unit/ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $335.07 $100.00 – $596.70
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $682.24 $1.26 – $1.26
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $682.24 $1.26 – $1.26
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $633.51 $1.26 – $1.26
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $633.51 $1.26 – $1.26
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $682.24 $1.26 – $1.26
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $682.24 $1.26 – $1.26
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $682.24 $1.26 – $1.26

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