Conjugated estrogens 25 mg solution for injection 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

$864.99

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.

$2,021.00

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.

$117.52 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,980.58 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 $117.52 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $157.72 ↓ -82%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $346.23 ↓ -60%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $346.23 ↓ -60%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $376.21 ↓ -57%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↓ -43%
United Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↓ -43%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↓ -43%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $563.48 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $576.63 ↓ -33%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $576.63 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $586.02 ↓ -32%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $586.02 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Options PPO $614.05 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|HMO $631.80 ↓ -27%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $631.80 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $909.45 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $909.45 ↑ +5%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,010.50 ↑ +17%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1,067.33 ↑ +23%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $1,212.06 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,273.23 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,697.64 ↑ +96%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,859.32 ↑ +115%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,980.58 ↑ +129%

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Conjugated estrogens 25 mg solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $491.44 $70.86 – $666.24
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,143.29 $66.33 – $823.21
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $792.24 $346.23 – $1,980.58
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $298.66 $234.08 – $644.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $295.44 $105.91 – $635.95
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,143.29 $71.80 – $823.21
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,143.29 $85.64 – $823.21
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,143.29 $85.85 – $781.49

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