Cadd pump refill 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

$320.15

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.

$748.00

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.

$13.22 with Partnership Health Plan vs $1,453.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $13.22 ↓ -96%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $13.22 ↓ -96%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $13.22 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $13.22 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $20.00 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $20.00 ↓ -94%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $224.16 ↓ -30%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
United Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $374.00 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $471.24 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $628.32 ↑ +96%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $688.16 ↑ +115%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $733.04 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $748.00 ↑ +134%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $748.00 ↑ +134%
United Commercial|HMO $748.00 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $748.00 ↑ +134%
United Commercial|Options PPO $748.00 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $748.00 ↑ +134%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $995.00 ↑ +211%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $995.00 ↑ +211%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $999.00 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,220.00 ↑ +281%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $1,453.00 ↑ +354%

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Cadd pump refill at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $476.11 $20.00 – $1,951.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $276.39 $13.22 – $406.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $293.22 $13.22 – $1,654.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $229.01 $13.22 – $12,607.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $459.51 $302.01 – $302.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $275.40 $273.57 – $273.57
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $371.28 not published
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $227.97 $295.97 – $302.01

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