Brachy source yttrium-90 at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$26,608.76
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.
$62,170.00
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.
$14,299.10 with CenCal vs $60,926.60 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 | $14,299.10 | ↓ -46% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $14,299.10 | ↓ -46% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $20,851.03 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $22,216.57 | ↓ -17% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $22,216.57 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $22,216.57 | ↓ -17% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $22,216.57 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $22,216.57 | ↓ -17% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $22,216.57 | ↓ -17% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $22,216.57 | ↓ -17% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $31,085.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $36,058.60 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $37,923.70 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $38,545.40 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $39,167.10 | ↑ +47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $39,167.10 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $40,410.50 | ↑ +52% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $41,032.20 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $47,870.90 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47,870.90 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $52,222.80 | ↑ +96% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $52,222.80 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $57,196.40 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $57,196.40 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $57,196.40 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $57,196.40 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $58,439.80 | ↑ +120% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $60,304.90 | ↑ +127% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $60,304.90 | ↑ +127% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $60,926.60 | ↑ +129% |
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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $27,230.46 | $14,920.80 – $48,492.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $59,436.32 | $17,415.59 – $17,771.01 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $24,370.64 | $11,812.30 – $60,926.60 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $26,089.10 | $17,580.25 – $56,256.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $25,807.81 | $17,580.25 – $55,553.59 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $59,436.32 | $17,771.01 – $17,771.01 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $22,534.63 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $26,569.22 | not published |