Aminolevulinic acid delta at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$18.88
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.
$44.11
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.
$16.45 with United vs $44.11 with Aetna — 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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| United | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -13% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.88 | ↑ +0% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.88 | ↑ +0% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.74 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $19.74 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $19.74 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $19.74 | ↑ +5% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.99 | ↑ +11% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.99 | ↑ +11% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $22.06 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $27.79 | ↑ +47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $27.79 | ↑ +47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $31.76 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $31.76 | ↑ +68% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.06 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $38.82 | ↑ +106% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $40.59 | ↑ +115% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $42.38 | ↑ +124% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $42.38 | ↑ +124% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $42.79 | ↑ +127% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $43.23 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $44.11 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $44.11 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $44.11 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $44.11 | ↑ +134% |
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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $15.65 | $3.29 – $24.25 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $17.30 | $11.91 – $49.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $16.37 | $7.81 – $47.26 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $16.19 | $7.81 – $47.26 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $25.19 | $1.57 – $12.50 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $12.97 | $3.29 – $15.62 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $34.32 | $14.63 – $43.23 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $22.72 | $4.53 – $15.62 |