Gadobutrol 1 mmol/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$2.14
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.
$5.00
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.
$0.33 with Partnership Health Plan vs $4.90 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $0.33 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $0.33 | ↓ -85% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $0.39 | ↓ -82% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $0.39 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $0.46 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.46 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $0.50 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $0.50 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $0.56 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $0.58 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1.96 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2.25 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.25 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2.50 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2.64 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3.15 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4.20 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4.60 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4.90 | ↑ +129% |
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Gadobutrol 1 mmol/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $45.90 | $0.56 – $1.11 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $17.32 | $0.33 – $25.48 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $112.46 | $0.56 – $1.20 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $112.46 | $0.53 – $1.43 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $45.90 | $2.83 – $2.83 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $43.20 | $0.38 – $1.47 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $813.79 | $0.33 – $1,025.08 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $31.50 | $0.52 – $3.09 |