Artery x-rays adrenals 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

$7,418.96

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.

$17,334.00

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.

$222.03 with Partnership Health Plan vs $13,457.70 with Cigna — 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 $222.03 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $222.03 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $226.35 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $226.35 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $335.91 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $335.91 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,247.50 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,247.50 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,247.50 ↓ -83%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $3,380.85 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -46%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -46%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -46%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,178.09 ↓ -30%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $6,009.00 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,438.74 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,438.74 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|HMO $6,438.74 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,438.74 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,939.82 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7,571.34 ↑ +2%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10,095.12 ↑ +36%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $11,056.56 ↑ +49%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,777.64 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13,457.70 ↑ +81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $13,457.70 ↑ +81%

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Artery x-rays adrenals at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,163.03 $222.03 – $15,820.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,176.20 $222.03 – $15,009.21
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,120.39 $222.03 – $15,009.21
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,600.43 $222.03 – $7,184.02
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $7,468.53 $222.03 – $13,631.88
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $2,677.01 $222.03 – $9,595.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $3,251.44 $199.83 – $10,361.48
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $6,032.04 $199.83 – $14,028.00

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