Docetaxel 20 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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

$1,433.80

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.

$3,350.00

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.

$0.76 with United vs $821.24 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
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $0.76 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $0.92 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $0.92 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $1.20 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.20 ↓ -100%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $1.27 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.65 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $3.06 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.06 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3.37 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3.37 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3.37 ↓ -100%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $5.00 ↓ -100%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $5.00 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5.67 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6.44 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $45.69 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $61.32 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $377.10 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $377.10 ↓ -74%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $419.00 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $527.94 ↓ -63%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $703.92 ↓ -51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $770.96 ↓ -46%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $821.24 ↓ -43%

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Docetaxel 20 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,314.00 $0.76 – $79.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,313.20 $0.61 – $821.24
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,708.89 $0.61 – $12.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,668.90 $0.76 – $7.90
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $784.45 $1.22 – $27.92
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $784.45 $0.76 – $33.30
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,399.93 $0.76 – $11.48
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $307.24 $1.22 – $27.73

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