Amino acids quant 2-5 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

$63.61

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.

$148.62

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.

$19.61 with BCBS - Anthem vs $91.08 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -69%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -69%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -69%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19.61 ↓ -69%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $22.51 ↓ -65%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $22.51 ↓ -65%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $22.51 ↓ -65%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $22.51 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $23.53 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.53 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|HMO $23.53 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23.53 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $34.06 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $34.06 ↓ -46%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $45.54 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $50.54 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.54 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $57.39 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $57.39 ↓ -10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $76.51 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $80.16 ↑ +26%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $83.80 ↑ +32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $88.35 ↑ +39%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $89.26 ↑ +40%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $91.08 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $91.08 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $91.08 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $91.08 ↑ +43%

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Amino acids quant 2-5 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $58.26 $19.61 – $89.26
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $170.43 $15.69 – $214.67
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $39.17 $19.61 – $112.55
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $35.62 $18.22 – $112.55
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $29.70 $18.22 – $85.20
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $111.06 $15.69 – $214.67
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $30.33 $16.86 – $112.55
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $127.93 $15.69 – $214.67

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