Bx pancreas pq ndl at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,950.40
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.
$4,557.00
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.
$434.49 with Partnership Health Plan vs $8,439.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $434.49 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $434.49 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $534.42 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $534.42 | ↓ -73% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $684.90 | ↓ -65% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $684.90 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +6% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +6% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +6% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,506.35 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,870.91 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,827.88 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,010.16 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,055.73 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,192.44 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,238.01 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,465.86 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,486.00 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,511.43 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +174% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +193% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +193% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +193% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,515.00 | ↑ +234% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,451.00 | ↑ +282% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,439.00 | ↑ +333% |
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Bx pancreas pq ndl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $833.52 | $513.81 – $3,763.88 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,677.65 | $434.49 – $3,654.42 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,780.47 | $434.49 – $4,239.48 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,038.65 | $434.49 – $4,396.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,016.67 | $434.49 – $4,341.05 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,487.38 | $2,124.23 – $9,858.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,680.00 | $434.49 – $5,258.40 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,022.15 | $2,238.00 – $4,737.00 |