Sevelamer carbonate pdr 20mg 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

$92.02

Cash price

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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.

$215.00

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.

$96.75 with Cigna vs $215.00 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.

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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
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $96.75 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $96.75 ↑ +5%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $107.50 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $135.45 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $180.60 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $189.20 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $191.35 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $197.80 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $199.95 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $204.25 ↑ +122%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $210.70 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $212.85 ↑ +131%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $215.00 ↑ +134%

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Sevelamer carbonate pdr 20mg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $28.47 $11.34 – $32.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $84.28 $58.05 – $210.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $28.57 $10.40 – $26.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $28.26 $6.50 – $26.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $33.69 $2.40 – $19.20
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $18.53 $5.72 – $22.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $39.14 $7.50 – $29.70
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $77.40 $49.88 – $156.52

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