Metoclopramide in d5w IV syringe 0.2 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$32.10

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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.

$75.00

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.

$1.70 with United vs $19.60 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.

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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
United Commercial|HMO $1.70 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.70 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.77 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.80 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.37 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $3.37 ↓ -90%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $5.58 ↓ -83%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $5.58 ↓ -83%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6.23 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $6.27 ↓ -80%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7.07 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8.41 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $8.46 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $8.46 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.00 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9.00 ↓ -72%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $10.00 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -61%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -48%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $18.40 ↓ -43%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19.60 ↓ -39%

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Metoclopramide in d5w IV syringe 0.2 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $1.10 – $20.10
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $2.25 – $3.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $15.86 $6.16 – $23.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $29.40 $1.70 – $19.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $9.65 $1.40 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9.55 $1.70 – $7.85
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $2.25 – $3.83
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $1.99 – $4.57

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