Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$11,124.15
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.
$25,991.00
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.
$466.86 with CenCal vs $20,259.36 with United — 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 | $466.86 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $466.86 | ↓ -96% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $466.86 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $466.86 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $706.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $706.32 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7,250.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -18% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -18% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $9,646.00 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,715.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $11,255.20 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $11,868.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,868.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $11,868.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $12,892.32 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $14,008.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $14,491.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $16,408.00 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $17,189.76 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $18,008.32 | ↑ +62% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,212.96 | ↑ +64% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $18,826.88 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $19,031.52 | ↑ +71% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $20,054.72 | ↑ +80% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $20,259.36 | ↑ +82% |
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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6,916.46 | $706.32 – $16,602.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $10,188.48 | $466.86 – $20,067.46 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $9,518.01 | $466.86 – $20,524.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $9,415.39 | $466.86 – $20,267.45 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,020.51 | $5,021.00 – $9,776.62 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,833.45 | $466.86 – $18,938.64 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $16,614.78 | $4,042.00 – $15,575.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $21,429.60 | $5,357.00 – $17,265.50 |