Benztropine 1 mg/ml injection 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

$231.12

Cash price

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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.

$540.00

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.

$13.30 with BCBS - Anthem vs $529.20 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
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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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $13.30 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17.84 ↓ -92%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $21.79 ↓ -91%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $21.79 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Options PPO $27.13 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27.87 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $27.87 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $31.38 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $32.12 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $32.12 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $38.25 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $38.25 ↓ -83%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $70.80 ↓ -69%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $80.40 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $243.00 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $243.00 ↑ +5%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $270.00 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $340.20 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $453.60 ↑ +96%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $496.80 ↑ +115%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $529.20 ↑ +129%

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Benztropine 1 mg/ml injection solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $70.96 $8.02 – $126.36
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $125.82 $7.50 – $36.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $211.68 $21.23 – $529.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $248.20 $15.90 – $150.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $245.53 $0.01 – $148.52
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $106.46 $8.12 – $36.06
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $106.46 $9.69 – $36.06
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $292.93 $14.40 – $115.20

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