Chemodenerv trunk musc 6/] 64647 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

$1,051.60

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.

$2,457.00

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.

$113.92 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.

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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
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $113.92 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $113.92 ↓ -89%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $113.92 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $113.92 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $172.35 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $172.35 ↓ -84%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $762.54 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↓ -16%
United Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↓ -16%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↓ -16%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↓ -16%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,351.35 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,547.91 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,063.88 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,162.16 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,186.73 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,260.44 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,285.01 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,407.86 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $2,432.43 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,486.00 ↑ +327%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,782.00 ↑ +355%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,343.00 ↑ +408%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,416.00 ↑ +415%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,710.00 ↑ +443%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,710.00 ↑ +443%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,710.00 ↑ +443%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $6,515.00 ↑ +520%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,160.00 ↑ +581%

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Chemodenerv trunk musc 6/] 64647 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $963.15 $113.92 – $2,407.86
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,151.90 $113.92 – $1,645.56
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $1,920.80 $202.00 – $1,807.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $984.96 $771.70 – $4,188.00
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro $909.65 $399.00 – $1,818.00
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $909.65 $399.00 – $1,821.00
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $1,339.10 $907.88 – $2,362.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $172.35 – $1,617.30

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