Blood typing rh (d) 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

$61.21

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.

$143.00

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.

$3.43 with CenCal vs $49.87 with United — 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 $3.43 ↓ -94%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $3.43 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $3.53 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $3.53 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3.59 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $3.59 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3.59 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3.59 ↓ -94%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4.50 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $5.34 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $5.34 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.67 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5.67 ↓ -91%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7.56 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7.69 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.69 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $7.92 ↓ -87%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8.28 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $8.73 ↓ -86%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8.82 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9.00 ↓ -85%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9.00 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↓ -85%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.00 ↓ -85%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $40.78 ↓ -33%
United Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -19%

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Blood typing rh (d) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $54.75 $3.23 – $23.92
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $58.13 $0.60 – $20.37
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $120.36 $5.98 – $51.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $77.26 $2.99 – $23.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $56.06 $2.43 – $9.04
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $91.64 $3.46 – $28.88
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $90.65 $3.46 – $28.88
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $131.58 $5.98 – $65.01

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