Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 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

$861.14

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.

$2,012.00

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.

$67.21 with Partnership Health Plan vs $9,715.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $67.21 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $67.21 ↓ -92%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $73.71 ↓ -91%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $73.71 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $82.67 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $82.67 ↓ -90%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $958.79 ↑ +11%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,106.60 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +38%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +38%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +38%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +38%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,267.56 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,385.00 ↑ +61%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,690.08 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,770.56 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,790.68 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,851.04 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,871.16 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,971.76 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $1,991.88 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $2,012.00 ↑ +134%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,970.00 ↑ +593%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,759.00 ↑ +685%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,857.00 ↑ +696%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,857.00 ↑ +696%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,857.00 ↑ +696%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,250.00 ↑ +742%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,715.00 ↑ +1028%

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $508.52 $82.67 – $2,072.04
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $321.78 $187.51 – $447.17
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,660.05 $593.00 – $4,657.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,215.12 $50.97 – $193.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $788.71 $67.21 – $1,971.76
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $700.45 $67.21 – $1,510.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,660.16 $1,287.79 – $7,455.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,121.60 $1,166.53 – $8,018.00

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