Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$95.45
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.
$223.00
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.
$51.29 with CenCal vs $218.54 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.29 | ↓ -46% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.29 | ↓ -46% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $84.65 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $101.36 | ↑ +6% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $101.36 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $101.36 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $101.36 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $101.36 | ↑ +6% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $101.36 | ↑ +6% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $101.36 | ↑ +6% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $111.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $129.34 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $136.03 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $138.26 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $140.49 | ↑ +47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $140.49 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $144.95 | ↑ +52% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $147.18 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $171.71 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $171.71 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $187.32 | ↑ +96% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $187.32 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $205.16 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $205.16 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $205.16 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $205.16 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $209.62 | ↑ +120% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $216.31 | ↑ +127% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $216.31 | ↑ +127% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $218.54 | ↑ +129% |
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Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $87.42 | $42.37 – $218.54 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $260.10 | $63.19 – $64.48 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $52.06 | $20.90 – $157.70 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $41.42 | $43.70 – $152.00 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $73.91 | $20.90 – $155.80 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $52.06 | $20.90 – $190.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $54.72 | $43.70 – $157.70 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $63.19 – $64.48 |