Cath place 1st order venous 36011 at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$485.78
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.
$1,135.00
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.
$92.71 with Partnership Health Plan 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $92.71 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $92.71 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.03 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.03 | ↓ -77% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $146.14 | ↓ -70% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $146.14 | ↓ -70% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $624.25 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $715.05 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $953.40 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $998.80 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,010.15 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,044.20 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,055.55 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,112.30 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,123.65 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +1000% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1075% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1075% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1075% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +1374% |
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Cath place 1st order venous 36011 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $653.50 | $114.03 – $1,163.76 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,745.33 | $1,687.00 – $10,997.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $453.94 | $92.71 – $1,112.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $858.13 | $92.71 – $2,058.57 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $848.88 | $92.71 – $2,289.87 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,495.94 | $2,747.00 – $8,621.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $725.22 | $2,699.00 – $21,319.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,411.17 | $3,982.87 – $3,982.87 |