Nicardipine 25 mg/10 ml intravenous solution at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$129.26
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.
$302.00
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.
$73.35 with Cigna vs $163.00 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 | $73.35 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $73.35 | ↓ -43% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $81.50 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $102.69 | ↓ -21% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $136.92 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $143.44 | ↑ +11% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $145.07 | ↑ +12% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $149.96 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $151.59 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $154.85 | ↑ +20% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $159.74 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $161.37 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $163.00 | ↑ +26% |
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Nicardipine 25 mg/10 ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $335.32 | $18.09 – $52.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $297.23 | $0.17 – $0.19 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $398.07 | $154.63 – $585.75 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,055.66 | $44.01 – $159.74 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $415.15 | $30.80 – $77.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $410.68 | $19.25 – $77.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $311.51 | $0.18 – $0.19 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $311.51 | $0.17 – $0.22 |