Alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor (human) 1,000 mg (+/-) IV solution at Arroyo Grande Hospital

1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937

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

$19.69

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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.

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$46.00

Gross charge

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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.

$5.40 with MHS Hospice vs $45.08 with MultiPlan — 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

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
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $5.40 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5.50 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6.59 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.59 ↓ -67%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.59 ↓ -67%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $6.59 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.59 ↓ -67%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.59 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.59 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7.38 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.51 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $7.81 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $7.81 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.05 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.40 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|HMO $8.40 ↓ -57%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $9.02 ↓ -54%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $9.02 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.05 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $9.05 ↓ -54%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $16.76 ↓ -15%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $19.03 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $20.70 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20.70 ↑ +5%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $23.00 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $28.98 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $38.64 ↑ +96%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $42.32 ↑ +115%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $45.08 ↑ +129%

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Alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor (human) 1,000 mg (+/-) IV solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7.71 $3.32 – $10.92
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $671.98 $4.96 – $1,446.49
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $439.53 $4.83 – $1,225.90
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $9.27 $1.20 – $2.20
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $16.65 $4.46 – $31.45
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $752.10 $0.98 – $5.50
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $504.16 $3.98 – $1,527.20
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $10.65 $4.27 – $20.58

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