Blood occult peroxidase activity qualitative gastric 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

$56.93

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.

$133.00

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.

$2.06 with Western Growers vs $13.72 with Cigna — 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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2.06 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2.59 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.59 ↓ -95%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $2.83 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $2.83 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $2.83 ↓ -95%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $2.83 ↓ -95%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3.46 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $3.62 ↓ -94%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3.79 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $3.99 ↓ -93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4.03 ↓ -93%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $4.11 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.11 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.11 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4.11 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.11 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4.11 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.11 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.11 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4.11 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.11 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.11 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.11 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4.11 ↓ -93%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $4.11 ↓ -93%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.11 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $4.28 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $4.28 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $6.38 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $13.72 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.72 ↓ -76%

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Blood occult peroxidase activity qualitative gastric at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $30.66 $0.99 – $14.12
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $10.64 $1.06 – $16.49
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $89.25 $5.21 – $25.94
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $73.26 $2.24 – $4.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $52.14 $1.11 – $16.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $72.72 $2.06 – $15.30
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $64.60 $2.06 – $15.30
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $108.63 $5.32 – $32.78

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