Brach/thor cath 1st 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

$916.35

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.

$2,141.00

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.

$206.77 with Partnership Health Plan vs $12,466.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $206.77 ↓ -77%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $206.77 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $254.33 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $254.33 ↓ -72%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $325.95 ↓ -64%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $325.95 ↓ -64%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $987.80 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,131.48 ↑ +23%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,508.64 ↑ +65%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,580.48 ↑ +72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,598.44 ↑ +74%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,652.32 ↑ +80%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,670.28 ↑ +82%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,760.08 ↑ +92%
United Commercial|HMO $1,778.04 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,857.00 ↑ +648%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,857.00 ↑ +648%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,857.00 ↑ +648%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $9,303.00 ↑ +915%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,466.00 ↑ +1260%

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Brach/thor cath 1st at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $971.49 $254.33 – $1,730.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $839.28 $206.77 – $1,737.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $625.14 $206.77 – $1,499.65
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $618.40 $206.77 – $1,668.15
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $854.25 $1,856.73 – $7,745.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $580.89 $2,699.00 – $26,648.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,851.99 $0.80 – $5,292.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $867.00 $1,716.00 – $5,318.00

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