Assay of PSA complexed at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$41.53
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.
$97.02
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.
$14.71 with CenCal vs $97.02 with Aetna — 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.71 | ↓ -65% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.71 | ↓ -65% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.35 | ↓ -61% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.35 | ↓ -61% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $18.39 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $18.39 | ↓ -56% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $18.39 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $18.39 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $18.39 | ↓ -56% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $18.39 | ↓ -56% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $18.39 | ↓ -56% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $18.39 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $22.07 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.07 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $22.07 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $22.07 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.74 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.74 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $47.37 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.37 | ↑ +14% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $48.51 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $61.13 | ↑ +47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $61.13 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $81.50 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $85.38 | ↑ +106% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $89.26 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $94.11 | ↑ +127% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $95.08 | ↑ +129% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $97.02 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $97.02 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $97.02 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $97.02 | ↑ +134% |
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Assay of PSA complexed at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $64.62 | $16.35 – $95.08 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $38.04 | $14.71 – $95.08 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $18.02 – $150.03 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $18.39 – $189.60 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $18.39 – $215.01 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $18.39 – $85.77 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $215.51 – $215.51 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $18.02 – $161.31 |