Cosyntropin 0.25 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

$547.42

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.

$1,279.00

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.

$30.76 with CenCal vs $943.74 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
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $30.76 ↓ -94%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $30.76 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $44.73 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $52.97 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $55.16 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $55.16 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $57.28 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $57.28 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $122.71 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $122.71 ↓ -78%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $227.13 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $251.23 ↓ -54%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $257.93 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $337.18 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $433.35 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $433.35 ↓ -21%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $481.50 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $606.69 ↑ +11%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $808.92 ↑ +48%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $885.96 ↑ +62%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $943.74 ↑ +72%

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Cosyntropin 0.25 mg solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $168.20 $52.97 – $299.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $114.30 $66.79 – $141.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $501.37 $30.76 – $1,253.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $189.21 $37.86 – $283.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $187.17 $50.01 – $279.66
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $159.60 $66.79 – $153.49
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $159.60 $56.04 – $183.09
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $159.60 $66.86 – $361.56

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