Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback at SIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES

2975 Sycamore Dr, Simi Valley, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1063495190

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 21, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$33.47

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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.

$209.21

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.

$0.33 with UHC HMO vs $45.56 with GOLD COAST MCAL - ALL PLANS — 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
UHC HMO UHC HMO $0.33 ↓ -99%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $0.33 ↓ -99%
BC EXCHANGE BC EXCHANGE $1.68 ↓ -95%
BC NON MCS BC NON MCS $1.86 ↓ -94%
BC MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BC MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $2.23 ↓ -93%
EHN - ALL PLANS EHN - ALL PLANS $11.11 ↓ -67%
VCHCP - ALL PLANS VCHCP - ALL PLANS $14.82 ↓ -56%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $15.38 ↓ -54%
HPN SENIOR HMO HPN SENIOR HMO $15.45 ↓ -54%
BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS $17.00 ↓ -49%
KAISER - ALL PLANS KAISER - ALL PLANS $18.52 ↓ -45%
HPN - ALL OTHER PLANS HPN - ALL OTHER PLANS $18.59 ↓ -44%
WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS $21.11 ↓ -37%
CIGNA HMO CIGNA HMO $22.00 ↓ -34%
CIGNA ALL OTHER - ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA ALL OTHER - ALL OTHER PLANS $22.00 ↓ -34%
SCAN MCR ADV - ALL PLANS SCAN MCR ADV - ALL PLANS $22.22 ↓ -34%
PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS $24.08 ↓ -28%
FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS $24.08 ↓ -28%
AETNA - ALL PLANS AETNA - ALL PLANS $25.52 ↓ -24%
BEECH STREET PPO - ALL PLANS BEECH STREET PPO - ALL PLANS $27.78 ↓ -17%
CHOICECARE PPO - ALL PLANS CHOICECARE PPO - ALL PLANS $27.78 ↓ -17%
HEALTH NET - ALL PLANS HEALTH NET - ALL PLANS $27.92 ↓ -17%
CORVEL CORP - ALL PLANS CORVEL CORP - ALL PLANS $29.63 ↓ -11%
INTERPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS INTERPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS $29.63 ↓ -11%
MULTIPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS $30.74 ↓ -8%
HMN PPO/EPO - ALL PLANS HMN PPO/EPO - ALL PLANS $31.48 ↓ -6%
TRPN PPO - ALL PLANS TRPN PPO - ALL PLANS $31.48 ↓ -6%
AHF - ALL PLANS AHF - ALL PLANS $31.48 ↓ -6%
FPN PPO - ALL PLANS FPN PPO - ALL PLANS $33.34 ↓ -0%
GOLD COAST MCAL - ALL PLANS GOLD COAST MCAL - ALL PLANS $45.56 ↑ +36%

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Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $64.09 $0.17 – $0.17
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $63.08 $0.17 – $20.10
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $64.09 $0.17 – $0.17
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $64.09 $0.17 – $0.17
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $64.09 $0.17 – $0.17
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $59.51 $0.17 – $0.17
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $59.51 $0.17 – $0.17
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $64.09 $0.17 – $0.17

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