Change g-tube to g-j perc at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,903.32
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.
$4,447.00
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.
$912.51 with Partnership Health Plan vs $9,715.00 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 | $912.51 | ↓ -52% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $912.51 | ↓ -52% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $912.51 | ↓ -52% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $912.51 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,380.54 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,380.54 | ↓ -27% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,052.05 | ↑ +8% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,350.53 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +27% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +27% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +27% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +27% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +27% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,134.04 | ↑ +65% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,283.28 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,320.59 | ↑ +74% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,432.52 | ↑ +80% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,469.83 | ↑ +82% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,656.38 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,693.69 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,004.00 | ↑ +215% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7,250.00 | ↑ +281% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,451.00 | ↑ +291% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,439.00 | ↑ +343% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $8,719.00 | ↑ +358% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,715.00 | ↑ +410% |
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Change g-tube to g-j perc at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $996.89 | $614.52 – $4,371.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,731.08 | $912.51 – $3,656.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,652.07 | $912.51 – $3,562.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,634.26 | $912.51 – $3,517.87 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,782.53 | $636.72 – $2,691.45 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,340.10 | $2,670.09 – $4,737.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,991.36 | $2,097.83 – $6,920.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $4,624.44 | $1,241.01 – $5,825.12 |