Alcohol/subs interv 15-30mn at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$38.95
Cash price 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.
$91.00
Gross charge 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.
$33.33 with MHS Hospice vs $9,548.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $33.33 | ↓ -14% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -3% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -3% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -3% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $50.05 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $52.78 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $59.15 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $61.88 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $61.88 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $61.88 | ↑ +59% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $76.44 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $81.90 | ↑ +110% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $83.72 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $89.18 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,244.00 | ↑ +10796% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,930.00 | ↑ +12557% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,933.00 | ↑ +12565% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,548.00 | ↑ +24413% |
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Alcohol/subs interv 15-30mn at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $47.96 | $18.63 – $70.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $35.68 | $24.57 – $89.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $34.14 | $24.84 – $75.44 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $33.77 | $24.84 – $75.44 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $29.70 | $21.21 – $82.82 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $80.92 | $24.96 – $101.92 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $54.08 | $35.89 – $89.10 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $56.70 | $40.93 – $128.11 |