Anti-thymocyte glob (equine)(1:1000) intradermal test dose at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$5,818.66
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.
$13,595.00
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.
$600.42 with BCBS - Anthem vs $13,595.00 with Health Net — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $600.42 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $805.84 | ↓ -86% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,504.85 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,886.34 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,925.91 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,117.75 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $6,117.75 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +9% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +9% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +9% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +9% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $6,797.50 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,186.95 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,186.95 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $7,375.06 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7,375.06 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,564.85 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,419.80 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $12,507.40 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,323.10 | ↑ +129% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $13,595.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $13,595.00 | ↑ +134% |
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Anti-thymocyte glob (equine)(1:1000) intradermal test dose at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,329.24 | $2,245.43 – $13,323.10 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,865.08 | $1,289.89 – $8,334.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,823.41 | $541.09 – $8,230.22 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,501.06 | $972.75 – $7,112.60 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $4,017.00 | $389.11 – $7,332.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $1,255.50 | $671.13 – $4,500.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $18,191.43 | $944.59 – $9,791.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $2,657.80 | $1,177.51 – $6,104.72 |