Biovance 1 square cm at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$3,555.40
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.
$8,307.00
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.
$144.36 with Partnership Health Plan vs $8,140.86 with MultiPlan — 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 | $144.36 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $144.36 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $218.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $218.40 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $238.19 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $238.19 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $244.96 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $690.27 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $926.44 | ↓ -74% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,910.61 | ↓ -46% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,910.61 | ↓ -46% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,153.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,818.06 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,150.34 | ↑ +45% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,233.41 | ↑ +47% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,482.62 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,396.39 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $6,396.39 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,977.88 | ↑ +96% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,977.88 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,642.44 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,642.44 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,642.44 | ↑ +115% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,642.44 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $7,808.58 | ↑ +120% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,140.86 | ↑ +129% |
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Biovance 1 square cm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $12,656.10 | $167.70 – $389.61 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,256.35 | $144.36 – $8,140.86 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $9,958.90 | $176.69 – $421.73 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,415.15 | $160.06 – $503.06 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $6,224.32 | $167.67 – $993.41 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $5,415.15 | $285.71 – $504.29 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $12,656.10 | $173.16 – $418.89 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $9,763.63 | $136.05 – $296.10 |