Epinephrine 1 mg/ml im kit - pediatric at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,485.16
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.
$3,470.00
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.
$32.40 with Cigna vs $72.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.40 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $32.40 | ↓ -98% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $36.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $45.36 | ↓ -97% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $60.48 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $63.36 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $64.08 | ↓ -96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $66.24 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $66.96 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $68.40 | ↓ -95% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $70.56 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $71.28 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $72.00 | ↓ -95% |
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Epinephrine 1 mg/ml im kit - pediatric at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $398.64 | not published |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $922.00 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $922.00 | $1.16 – $1.16 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $458.15 | $1.28 – $1.28 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $84.15 | $1.16 – $1.16 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $929.01 | not published |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $72.00 | not published |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,248.86 | $25.06 – $78.63 |