Zidovudine in d5w IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/peds) - cnr at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$3.43
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.
$8.00
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.
$2.23 with Blue Shield CA vs $7.84 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.
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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $2.23 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2.23 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $2.29 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2.49 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2.49 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.49 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2.49 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3.08 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.60 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3.60 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4.13 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4.69 | ↑ +37% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5.04 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6.72 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7.36 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7.84 | ↑ +129% |
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Zidovudine in d5w IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/peds) - cnr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $69.48 | $1.51 – $1.51 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $69.48 | $1.51 – $1.51 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $69.48 | $1.51 – $1.51 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $69.48 | $1.51 – $1.51 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $64.52 | $1.51 – $1.51 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $64.52 | $1.51 – $1.51 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $69.48 | $1.51 – $1.51 |
| Panorama Medical Center | PANORAMA CITY | $64.52 | $1.51 – $1.51 |