Bln press regulation 71-80cm 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

$13,212.36

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.

$30,870.00

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.

$1,910.61 with CenCal 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.

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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 $1,910.61 ↓ -86%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $1,910.61 ↓ -86%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,153.50 ↓ -69%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,818.06 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,067.27 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,150.34 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,233.41 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,233.41 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|HMO $5,399.55 ↓ -59%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,482.62 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,396.39 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6,396.39 ↓ -52%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,977.88 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,977.88 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,642.44 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,642.44 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,642.44 ↓ -42%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7,642.44 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $7,808.58 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $8,057.79 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,057.79 ↓ -39%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,140.86 ↓ -38%

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Bln press regulation 71-80cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13,521.06 $2,592.48 – $8,425.56
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $24,106.68 not published
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12,101.04 $1,578.33 – $8,140.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $12,725.30 $3,001.25 – $10,804.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12,588.10 $3,001.25 – $11,644.85
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $19,180.96 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $9,467.64 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $11,138.40 not published

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