Anal pressure record 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

$508.04

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.

$1,187.00

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.

$69.28 with Partnership Health Plan vs $14,472.00 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.

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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 $69.28 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $69.28 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $85.21 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $85.21 ↓ -83%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $109.82 ↓ -78%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $109.82 ↓ -78%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $286.57 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -22%
United Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -22%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -22%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $430.12 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $576.46 ↑ +13%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $652.85 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $747.81 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $997.08 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,044.56 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,056.43 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,092.04 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,103.91 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,163.26 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $1,175.13 ↑ +131%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,832.00 ↑ +654%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,339.00 ↑ +754%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $14,472.00 ↑ +2749%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14,472.00 ↑ +2749%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14,472.00 ↑ +2749%

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Anal pressure record at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $418.73 $85.21 – $745.68
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $463.20 $403.28 – $1,200.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $580.95 $69.28 – $1,339.08
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $946.24 $69.28 – $1,541.29
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $412.80 $380.77 – $1,266.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $1,207.68 $372.62 – $1,394.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $479.88 $108.24 – $1,177.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $239.67 – $1,687.00

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