Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$2,140.00
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.
$5,000.00
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.
$40.37 with Health Net vs $4,900.00 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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| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $40.37 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $40.37 | ↓ -98% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $41.52 | ↓ -98% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $41.52 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $41.84 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $41.84 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $42.24 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $48.30 | ↓ -98% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $53.35 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $122.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $122.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $226.56 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $257.28 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $330.54 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $443.63 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,250.00 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,250.00 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,500.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,150.00 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,200.00 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,600.00 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,900.00 | ↑ +129% |
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Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $902.09 | $36.66 – $943.26 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,800.00 | $26.68 – $3,400.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $1,178.29 | $32.65 – $1,029.00 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $1,456.00 | $26.68 – $3,280.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $1,642.54 | $31.65 – $250.02 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $676.78 | $23.55 – $996.00 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $538.46 | $23.55 – $960.00 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $960.83 | $23.55 – $984.00 |