Aminocaproic acid 5 g/250 ml 0.9% nacl IV - cnr at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$185.33
Cash price Discounted cash price 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.
$433.00
Gross charge 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.
$39.15 with Cigna vs $87.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $39.15 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $39.15 | ↓ -79% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $43.50 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $54.81 | ↓ -70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $73.08 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $76.56 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $77.43 | ↓ -58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $80.04 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $80.91 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $82.65 | ↓ -55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $85.26 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $86.13 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $87.00 | ↓ -53% |
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Aminocaproic acid 5 g/250 ml 0.9% nacl IV - cnr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $11.39 | $7.02 – $20.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $84.15 | $2.61 – $2.80 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $169.74 | $23.49 – $85.26 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $84.15 | $2.61 – $2.80 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $84.15 | $2.80 – $2.99 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $84.15 | $2.99 – $2.99 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $84.15 | $2.61 – $2.80 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $44.76 | $1.87 – $2.99 |