Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$4,439.22
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.
$10,372.00
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.
$499.42 with Partnership Health Plan vs $14,472.00 with Aetna — 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 | $499.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $499.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $614.29 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $614.29 | ↓ -86% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $787.27 | ↓ -82% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $787.27 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,486.00 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,361.95 | ↑ +21% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,141.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,515.00 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +61% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,189.16 | ↑ +84% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8,579.12 | ↑ +93% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,676.61 | ↑ +95% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,969.08 | ↑ +102% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,066.57 | ↑ +104% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,554.02 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,651.51 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,472.00 | ↑ +226% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,472.00 | ↑ +226% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $14,472.00 | ↑ +226% |
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Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,333.23 | $614.29 – $8,890.24 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6,526.98 | $1,921.00 – $11,185.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,121.88 | $499.42 – $9,249.24 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,433.24 | $499.42 – $7,107.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,396.22 | $499.42 – $7,018.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,751.38 | $5,083.67 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,355.62 | $4,604.99 – $17,611.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,728.11 | $499.42 – $6,754.44 |