Brace back epic lso 637 at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,244.20
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.
$2,907.00
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.
$890.84 with Partnership Health Plan vs $2,848.86 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 | $890.84 | ↓ -28% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $890.84 | ↓ -28% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $890.84 | ↓ -28% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $890.84 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,347.75 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,347.75 | ↑ +8% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,453.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $1,686.06 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,773.27 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,802.34 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,831.41 | ↑ +47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,831.41 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,889.55 | ↑ +52% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,918.62 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,238.39 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,238.39 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,441.88 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,441.88 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,674.44 | ↑ +115% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,674.44 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,674.44 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,674.44 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $2,732.58 | ↑ +120% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,819.79 | ↑ +127% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $2,819.79 | ↑ +127% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,848.86 | ↑ +129% |
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Brace back epic lso 637 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,055.23 | not published |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,139.55 | $552.33 – $2,848.86 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,788.93 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,561.36 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,561.36 | not published |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,055.23 | not published |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,624.88 | not published |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $4,704.57 | $1,116.00 – $4,557.00 |