Application of paste boot 29580 at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$213.15
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.
$498.00
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.
$31.19 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,160.00 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 | $31.19 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $31.19 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $38.36 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $38.36 | ↓ -82% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.16 | ↓ -77% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.16 | ↓ -77% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $163.16 | ↓ -23% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $174.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -6% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -6% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $219.24 | ↑ +3% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $292.32 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $320.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $320.16 | ↑ +50% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $341.04 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $348.00 | ↑ +63% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $348.00 | ↑ +63% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $348.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $699.00 | ↑ +228% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $699.00 | ↑ +228% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,385.00 | ↑ +550% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $2,012.00 | ↑ +844% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,832.00 | ↑ +1698% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,339.00 | ↑ +1936% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +2407% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +3259% |
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Application of paste boot 29580 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $146.91 | $38.36 – $365.86 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $220.51 | $44.85 – $196.91 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $376.38 | $218.99 – $1,687.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $70.60 | $27.43 – $103.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $195.22 | $31.19 – $1,149.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $196.72 | $31.19 – $423.44 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $442.17 | $230.73 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $283.05 | $209.00 – $8,018.00 |