Biliary endoscopy thru skin at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,916.59
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.
$4,478.00
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.
$264.88 with Partnership Health Plan vs $12,466.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $264.88 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $264.88 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $325.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $325.80 | ↓ -83% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $417.54 | ↓ -78% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $417.54 | ↓ -78% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,462.90 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,821.14 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,761.52 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,940.64 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,985.42 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,119.76 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,164.54 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,388.44 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,433.22 | ↑ +131% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,478.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,478.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,478.00 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4,478.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $4,478.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,478.00 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +134% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,861.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $8,743.00 | ↑ +356% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,743.00 | ↑ +356% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $8,743.00 | ↑ +356% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $9,303.00 | ↑ +385% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $9,965.00 | ↑ +420% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,466.00 | ↑ +550% |
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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,333.23 | $325.80 – $8,890.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,755.38 | $264.88 – $4,478.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,687.00 | $264.88 – $7,950.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,039.50 | $264.88 – $6,542.78 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,673.03 | $264.88 – $6,617.52 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $4,152.45 | $264.88 – $7,982.37 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,424.80 | $1,747.00 – $10,824.34 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $3,201.00 | $264.88 – $5,214.00 |