C1 esterase inhibitor func - sendout 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

$121.39

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.

$283.60

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.

$6.42 with Western Growers vs $30.92 with Cigna — 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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $6.42 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8.09 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.09 ↓ -93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10.79 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $11.30 ↓ -91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $11.82 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -90%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -90%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -90%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $12.46 ↓ -90%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12.59 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12.84 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.84 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $12.84 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12.84 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $12.84 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.84 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.84 ↓ -89%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $12.84 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.84 ↓ -89%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $12.84 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.84 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $14.40 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $15.80 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $15.80 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.92 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $30.92 ↓ -75%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.62 $3.47 – $31.84
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $86.00 $2.40 – $17.61
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $34.55 $11.76 – $97.99
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $199.80 $6.94 – $12.82
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $111.18 $3.47 – $36.35
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $37.10 $6.53 – $34.48
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $36.70 $6.53 – $34.48
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