Denosumab 120 mg/1.7 ml (70 mg/ml) subcutaneous 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

$12,969.26

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.

$30,302.00

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.

$23.59 with MHS Hospice vs $10,075.38 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
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $23.59 ↓ -100%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $25.43 ↓ -100%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $25.43 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $35.00 ↓ -100%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $37.15 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $37.15 ↓ -100%
United Medicare|All Plans $37.15 ↓ -100%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $37.15 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $37.15 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $37.15 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $37.15 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $41.58 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $43.86 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $45.64 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $45.64 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $46.55 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $46.55 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $48.82 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $48.82 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $58.86 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $86.17 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $97.85 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,626.45 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,626.45 ↓ -64%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $5,140.50 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,477.03 ↓ -50%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,636.04 ↓ -33%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,458.52 ↓ -27%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,075.38 ↓ -22%

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Denosumab 120 mg/1.7 ml (70 mg/ml) subcutaneous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,920.15 $17.91 – $55.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $11,257.89 $2,377.36 – $9,005.82
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11,878.39 $25.43 – $10,075.38
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,003.24 $35.00 – $4,600.17
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,703.58 $26.80 – $59.79
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,703.58 $29.51 – $59.79
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $4,207.50 $32.04 – $58.47
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,618.66 $31.21 – $3,899.10

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