Ablate heart dysrhythm focus 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

$9,448.96

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.

$22,077.00

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.

$821.29 with Partnership Health Plan vs $31,887.00 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 $821.29 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $821.29 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,010.19 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,010.19 ↓ -89%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $1,302.05 ↓ -86%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $1,302.05 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7,044.00 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,169.00 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|HMO $7,391.00 ↓ -22%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +2%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +2%
United Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +2%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +2%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +2%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $11,038.50 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13,908.51 ↑ +47%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $14,491.00 ↑ +53%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $16,408.00 ↑ +74%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16,554.00 ↑ +75%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16,554.00 ↑ +75%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16,554.00 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $18,544.68 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $19,427.76 ↑ +106%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $20,310.84 ↑ +115%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $21,635.46 ↑ +129%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $22,077.00 ↑ +134%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22,077.00 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $23,796.00 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $31,887.00 ↑ +237%

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Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $9,175.23 $792.50 – $20,948.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8,383.71 $821.29 – $20,959.26
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $14,893.60 $821.29 – $39,364.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $8,890.32 $11,074.44 – $35,965.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $11,604.18 $821.29 – $32,365.40
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $13,824.57 $10,852.95 – $15,575.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $4,455.84 $8,526.92 – $18,558.59
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $6,472.01 $821.29 – $11,812.98

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