Artery x-rays arms/legs 75716-26 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

$7,383.86

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.

$17,252.00

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.

$210.84 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 $210.84 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $210.84 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $217.37 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $217.37 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $318.98 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $318.98 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,251.69 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,251.69 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,251.69 ↓ -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%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,548.00 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,178.09 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,730.48 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,438.74 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,438.74 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|HMO $6,438.74 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,438.74 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,939.82 ↓ -6%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,640.64 ↑ +3%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,368.32 ↑ +13%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,914.08 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $13,457.70 ↑ +82%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13,457.70 ↑ +82%

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Artery x-rays arms/legs 75716-26 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,076.47 $318.98 – $13,858.31
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,147.74 $210.84 – $15,820.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,753.94 $210.84 – $15,009.21
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,724.25 $210.84 – $15,009.21
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $11,311.80 $1,652.78 – $4,434.05
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,609.60 $4,061.05 – $4,434.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,716.27 $210.84 – $7,197.14
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $4,691.49 $1,430.77 – $4,434.05

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