Allgrft implnt knee w/scope at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
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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.
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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.
$689.06 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.
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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $689.06 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $689.06 | — |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $757.30 | — |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $757.30 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $847.54 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $847.54 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $8,743.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $8,743.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,743.00 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $16,348.58 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $16,348.58 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $16,348.58 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $16,348.58 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $16,348.58 | — |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $16,348.58 | — |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $16,348.58 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $18,024.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $22,577.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $23,796.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $25,564.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $26,177.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $31,887.00 | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Allgrft implnt knee w/scope at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,273.06 | $689.06 – $3,344.74 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $847.54 – $32,697.16 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $7,716.00 – $17,301.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $689.06 – $16,348.58 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $689.06 – $16,348.58 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $689.06 – $16,348.58 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $12,159.00 – $62,607.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $13,524.00 – $62,607.00 |