Brace back pinnacle tlso 464 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

$2,103.20

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.

$4,914.00

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.

$934.38 with Partnership Health Plan vs $4,815.72 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $934.38 ↓ -56%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $934.38 ↓ -56%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $934.38 ↓ -56%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $934.38 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,413.63 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,413.63 ↓ -33%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,457.00 ↑ +17%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,850.12 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,997.54 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,046.68 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,095.82 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,095.82 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|HMO $3,194.10 ↑ +52%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $3,243.24 ↑ +54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,783.78 ↑ +80%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,783.78 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,127.76 ↑ +96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,127.76 ↑ +96%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,520.88 ↑ +115%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,520.88 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,520.88 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,520.88 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $4,619.16 ↑ +120%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,766.58 ↑ +127%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,766.58 ↑ +127%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,815.72 ↑ +129%

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Brace back pinnacle tlso 464 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $242.40 – $1,607.13
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,464.56 not published
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,926.29 $933.66 – $4,815.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,025.66 $281.25 – $1,012.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,003.82 $281.25 – $1,091.25
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,464.56 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,195.08 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,710.11 not published

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