88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site 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

$9.07

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.

$21.17

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.

$10.59 with Western Growers vs $49.95 with Cigna — 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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $10.59 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13.34 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17.79 ↑ +96%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19.48 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $20.54 ↑ +126%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.75 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.17 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Options PPO $21.17 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $21.17 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $21.17 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $21.17 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $21.17 ↑ +133%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $21.17 ↑ +133%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $21.17 ↑ +133%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $21.17 ↑ +133%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $21.17 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.17 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|HMO $23.03 ↑ +154%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $26.04 ↑ +187%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $26.04 ↑ +187%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.95 ↑ +451%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $49.95 ↑ +451%

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $92.82 $36.08 – $117.15
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $16.65 $5.31 – $20.51
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8.30 $5.72 – $58.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $66.78 $13.72 – $55.70
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.06 $13.72 – $55.70
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $98.43 $36.08 – $164.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $142.29 $36.08 – $117.43
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $15.67 $2.75 – $21.95

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