Aep hearing status deter i&r 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

$253.81

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.

$593.00

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.

$80.62 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,044.00 with United — 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 $80.62 ↓ -68%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $80.62 ↓ -68%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $80.62 ↓ -68%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $80.62 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $121.97 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $121.97 ↓ -52%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $223.00 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $280.98 ↑ +11%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $374.64 ↑ +48%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $392.48 ↑ +55%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +56%
United Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +56%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +56%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +56%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $410.32 ↑ +62%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $437.08 ↑ +72%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,832.00 ↑ +1410%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,339.00 ↑ +1610%
United Commercial|HMO $6,732.00 ↑ +2552%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,840.00 ↑ +2595%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7,044.00 ↑ +2675%

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Aep hearing status deter i&r at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $305.73 $121.97 – $791.32
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $207.04 $62.28 – $288.09
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $227.76 $80.62 – $437.08
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $218.74 $80.62 – $470.84
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $119.66 $80.62 – $407.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $424.01 $109.64 – $534.10
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $277.59 $80.62 – $539.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $322.20 $80.62 – $1,339.08

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