Chest X-ray at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$580.80
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.
$1,357.00
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.
$27.47 with Partnership Health Plan vs $1,158.36 with MultiPlan — 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 | $27.47 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.47 | ↓ -95% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.48 | ↓ -95% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.48 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $41.56 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $41.56 | ↓ -93% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $97.37 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $113.30 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $113.30 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $113.30 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $182.03 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $182.03 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $182.03 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $182.03 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $335.07 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $380.27 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $380.27 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $449.06 | ↓ -23% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $591.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $744.66 | ↑ +28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $992.88 | ↑ +71% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,087.44 | ↑ +87% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,158.36 | ↑ +99% |
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Chest X-ray at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $295.22 | $41.56 – $525.72 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $314.25 | $17.61 – $486.94 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,100.58 | $106.75 – $181.03 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $460.88 | $27.47 – $170.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $573.11 | $27.47 – $720.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $319.81 | $27.47 – $689.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $316.36 | $27.47 – $680.98 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,026.63 | $123.56 – $237.25 |