Bln inpact admiral 4x150x130cm 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

$4,624.54

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.

$10,805.00

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.

$869.40 with CenCal vs $3,704.40 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.

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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
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $869.40 ↓ -81%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $869.40 ↓ -81%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,890.00 ↓ -59%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,192.40 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,305.80 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,343.60 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,381.40 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,381.40 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $2,457.00 ↓ -47%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $2,494.80 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,910.60 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,910.60 ↓ -37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,175.20 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,175.20 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,477.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,477.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,477.60 ↓ -25%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,477.60 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $3,553.20 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $3,666.60 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,666.60 ↓ -21%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,704.40 ↓ -20%

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Bln inpact admiral 4x150x130cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,731.28 $906.72 – $2,946.84
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $7,564.32 not published
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,235.56 $718.20 – $3,704.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,453.86 $1,365.00 – $4,914.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,405.84 $1,365.00 – $5,296.20
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,564.32 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,929.04 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $4,161.60 not published

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