Streptomycin injection at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$96.30
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.
$225.00
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.
$12.68 with BCBS - Anthem vs $104.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $12.68 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $17.02 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $46.63 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $46.63 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $46.80 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $46.80 | ↓ -51% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $52.00 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $53.66 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $54.35 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $65.52 | ↓ -32% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $87.36 | ↓ -9% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $95.68 | ↓ -1% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $101.92 | ↑ +6% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $104.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $104.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $104.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $104.00 | ↑ +8% |
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Streptomycin injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $88.20 | $46.63 – $220.50 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $33.39 | $16.80 – $42.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $45.32 | $8.22 – $41.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $81.00 | $10.52 – $82.48 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $24.28 | $8.00 – $40.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $43.06 | $12.91 – $65.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $272.51 | $19.95 – $79.69 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $160.69 | $20.00 – $79.69 |