Cyclosporine 250 mg/5 ml intravenous 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

$212.72

Cash price

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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.

$497.00

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.

$63.72 with BCBS - Anthem vs $487.06 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $63.72 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $85.53 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Options PPO $101.79 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $102.68 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $106.76 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $106.76 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $117.74 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|HMO $117.74 ↓ -45%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $197.60 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $223.65 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $223.65 ↑ +5%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $224.40 ↑ +5%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $248.50 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $313.11 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $417.48 ↑ +96%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $457.24 ↑ +115%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $487.06 ↑ +129%

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Cyclosporine 250 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $194.83 $83.73 – $487.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $70.12 $42.40 – $102.68
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $262.33 $38.93 – $153.51
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $262.33 $46.44 – $153.51
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $45.28 $22.36 – $235.76
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $227.62 $47.61 – $153.51
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $95.28 $25.75 – $103.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $179.10 $45.86 – $367.71

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