Applicator tag rfid localizer 12gx7cm 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

$113.85

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.

$266.00

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.

$61.18 with CenCal vs $260.68 with MultiPlan — 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
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $61.18 ↓ -46%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $61.18 ↓ -46%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $133.00 ↑ +17%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $154.28 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Options PPO $162.26 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $164.92 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $167.58 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $167.58 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|HMO $172.90 ↑ +52%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $175.56 ↑ +54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $204.82 ↑ +80%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $204.82 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $223.44 ↑ +96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $223.44 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $244.72 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $244.72 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $244.72 ↑ +115%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $244.72 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $250.04 ↑ +120%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $258.02 ↑ +127%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $258.02 ↑ +127%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $260.68 ↑ +129%

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Applicator tag rfid localizer 12gx7cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $981.75 not published
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $104.28 $50.54 – $260.68
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $909.71 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,048.05 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $642.80 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,051.88 not published
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $981.75 not published
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $898.56 not published

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