Glucagon 1 mg solution for injection 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

$881.68

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.

$2,060.00

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.

$48.60 with Cigna vs $303.90 with United — 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
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.60 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $48.60 ↓ -94%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $54.00 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $68.04 ↓ -92%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $90.72 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $94.75 ↓ -89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $99.36 ↓ -89%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $105.84 ↓ -88%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $108.00 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $108.00 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $108.00 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $108.00 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $108.00 ↓ -88%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $108.00 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $108.00 ↓ -88%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $108.00 ↓ -88%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $108.00 ↓ -88%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $108.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $108.00 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $108.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $108.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $108.00 ↓ -88%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $108.00 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $108.00 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $132.84 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $132.84 ↓ -85%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $243.85 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Plans $248.77 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|HMO $303.90 ↓ -66%

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Glucagon 1 mg solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $270.69 $57.13 – $482.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $871.85 $53.48 – $410.13
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $916.37 $355.96 – $1,348.41
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $807.52 $29.16 – $195.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $496.03 $76.80 – $195.22
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $490.68 $76.80 – $192.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $585.28 $14.70 – $147.00
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