Bronch ebus samplng 1/2 node at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$4,265.88
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.
$9,967.00
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.
$826.88 with Partnership Health Plan vs $9,867.33 with United — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $826.88 | ↓ -81% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $826.88 | ↓ -81% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $826.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $826.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,250.98 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,250.98 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +10% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +10% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +10% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +10% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,983.50 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,004.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,279.21 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,857.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,857.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,857.00 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +68% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,372.28 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $8,719.00 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8,770.96 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,870.63 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $9,169.64 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,269.31 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,767.66 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,867.33 | ↑ +131% |
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Bronch ebus samplng 1/2 node at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,907.07 | $826.88 – $9,767.66 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,000.28 | $826.88 – $6,469.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,967.93 | $826.88 – $6,388.73 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $5,012.24 | $877.80 – $7,022.40 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,265.86 | $826.88 – $6,473.88 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $4,166.87 | $826.88 – $8,010.09 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $2,422.35 | $1,528.00 – $10,302.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $1,962.39 | $216.41 – $6,056.28 |