Calcium gluconate 2 gram/100 ml in sodium chloride,iso-osm IV solution at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$202.88
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.
$474.00
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.
$106.65 with Cigna vs $237.00 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 | $106.65 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $106.65 | ↓ -47% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $118.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $149.31 | ↓ -26% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $199.08 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $208.56 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $210.93 | ↑ +4% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $218.04 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $220.41 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $225.15 | ↑ +11% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $232.26 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $234.63 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $237.00 | ↑ +17% |
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Calcium gluconate 2 gram/100 ml in sodium chloride,iso-osm IV solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $145.35 | $0.15 – $0.26 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $92.91 | $63.99 – $232.26 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $738.29 | $38.00 – $95.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $730.33 | $23.75 – $95.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $145.35 | $0.15 – $0.28 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $145.35 | $0.16 – $0.33 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $145.35 | $0.10 – $0.66 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $145.35 | $0.16 – $0.33 |