Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$23.12
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.
$54.00
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.
$2.10 with United vs $52.92 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.
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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.10 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2.10 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2.38 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2.97 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5.14 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $5.14 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $6.11 | ↓ -74% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.44 | ↓ -72% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.44 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.76 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.76 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8.20 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9.52 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $10.80 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $24.30 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24.30 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $27.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $34.02 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $45.36 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $49.68 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $52.92 | ↑ +129% |
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Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $29.35 | $1.39 – $20.10 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $84.15 | $1.33 – $3.45 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $21.17 | $2.10 – $52.92 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $84.15 | $1.33 – $3.73 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $84.15 | $1.44 – $4.45 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $84.15 | $2.54 – $8.80 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $84.15 | $1.89 – $4.47 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $286.65 | $2.10 – $53.30 |