Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$484.07
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.
$1,131.00
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.
$24.30 with Cigna vs $54.00 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 | $24.30 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $24.30 | ↓ -95% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $27.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $34.02 | ↓ -93% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $45.36 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $47.52 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.06 | ↓ -90% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $49.68 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $50.22 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $51.30 | ↓ -89% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $52.92 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $53.46 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $54.00 | ↓ -89% |
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Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $141.10 | $0.06 – $20.10 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $201.03 | $0.26 – $0.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $123.88 | $19.71 – $71.54 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $147.29 | $10.40 – $26.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $83.31 | $6.50 – $26.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $260.23 | $0.28 – $0.54 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $260.23 | $0.33 – $0.54 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $201.03 | $0.13 – $0.66 |