Brace cust back lso at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,617.84
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.
$3,780.00
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.
$299.50 with Western Growers vs $736.77 with Health Net — 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $299.50 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $347.42 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $365.39 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $371.38 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $377.37 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $377.37 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $389.35 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $395.34 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $461.23 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $461.23 | ↓ -71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $503.16 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $503.16 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $551.08 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $551.08 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $551.08 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $551.08 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $563.06 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $581.03 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $581.03 | ↓ -64% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $587.02 | ↓ -64% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $599.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $599.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $599.00 | ↓ -63% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $599.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $736.77 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $736.77 | ↓ -54% |
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Brace cust back lso at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,654.77 | $906.72 – $2,946.84 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $758.63 | not published |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,481.76 | $113.81 – $599.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $587.27 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $718.46 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $490.88 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $718.46 | not published |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $758.63 | not published |