Circumcision (newborn) at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$459.68
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.
$1,074.00
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.
$511.50 with Western Growers vs $8,439.00 with Health Net — 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $511.50 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $644.49 | ↑ +40% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $859.32 | ↑ +87% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $900.24 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $910.47 | ↑ +98% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $941.16 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $951.39 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,002.54 | ↑ +118% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,012.77 | ↑ +120% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,023.00 | ↑ +123% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,023.00 | ↑ +123% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,023.00 | ↑ +123% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,023.00 | ↑ +123% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,023.00 | ↑ +123% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,023.00 | ↑ +123% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +466% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,486.00 | ↑ +876% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +1062% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1142% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1142% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1142% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,515.00 | ↑ +1317% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +1458% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,451.00 | ↑ +1521% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,439.00 | ↑ +1736% |
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Circumcision (newborn) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $153.74 | $94.77 – $702.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $195.89 | $115.21 – $409.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $396.71 | $273.24 – $1,012.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $852.56 | $620.46 – $2,298.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $877.13 | $620.46 – $2,298.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,956.98 | $2,968.05 – $10,593.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $834.38 | $548.10 – $2,610.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,145.68 | $2,238.00 – $6,732.00 |