Ethanolamine oleate 100 mg at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,538.24
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.
$3,594.00
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.
$132.65 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,522.12 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $132.65 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $178.03 | ↓ -88% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $541.78 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $660.10 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $660.10 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $660.10 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $660.10 | ↓ -57% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $660.10 | ↓ -57% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $660.10 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $660.10 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $732.77 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $770.97 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $770.97 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $781.98 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $811.22 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $811.22 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $1,427.05 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,617.30 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,617.30 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,620.54 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,797.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,264.22 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,018.96 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,306.48 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,522.12 | ↑ +129% |
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Ethanolamine oleate 100 mg at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $472.61 | $79.98 – $841.62 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,408.85 | $496.06 – $3,522.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $543.15 | $159.60 – $399.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $537.29 | $99.75 – $399.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,514.53 | $81.04 – $1,070.06 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,514.53 | $96.67 – $1,070.06 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $351.33 | $84.76 – $326.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,514.53 | $80.49 – $1,070.06 |