Cardioversion elective electrical conversion arrhythmia external at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,770.64
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.
$4,137.00
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.
$175.66 with CenCal vs $7,160.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $175.66 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -90% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $265.75 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $265.75 | ↓ -85% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $654.46 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -53% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -53% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -53% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,878.50 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,319.03 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,689.05 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,813.16 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,813.16 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,813.16 | ↑ +59% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,092.04 | ↑ +75% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,239.28 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,276.09 | ↑ +85% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,386.52 | ↑ +91% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,423.33 | ↑ +93% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,607.38 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,644.19 | ↑ +106% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $3,723.30 | ↑ +110% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,782.00 | ↑ +170% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +202% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,416.00 | ↑ +206% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +304% |
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Cardioversion elective electrical conversion arrhythmia external at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,247.87 | $150.32 – $2,336.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $974.43 | $130.88 – $1,944.85 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,521.66 | $890.70 – $2,695.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $889.78 | $84.34 – $319.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,350.83 | $175.66 – $3,607.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $920.83 | $175.66 – $2,035.24 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $910.90 | $175.66 – $2,035.24 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,435.98 | $938.45 – $6,200.00 |