Inj, cefepime hcl (b braun) at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$124.98
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.
$292.00
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.
$131.40 with Cigna vs $292.00 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 | $131.40 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $131.40 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $146.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $183.96 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $245.28 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $256.96 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $259.88 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $268.64 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $271.56 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $277.40 | ↑ +122% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $286.16 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $289.08 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $292.00 | ↑ +134% |
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Inj, cefepime hcl (b braun) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $114.47 | $78.84 – $286.16 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $43.41 | $21.60 – $54.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $42.94 | $13.50 – $54.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $145.35 | $10.15 – $12.62 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $84.18 | $8.82 – $27.17 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $85.18 | $51.48 – $203.58 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $123.84 | $57.60 – $288.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $98.46 | $48.32 – $241.60 |