Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$261.51
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.
$611.00
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.
$97.20 with Cigna vs $393.00 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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| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $97.20 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $97.20 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $164.02 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $164.02 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $164.02 | ↓ -37% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $175.06 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $178.99 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $178.99 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $178.99 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $178.99 | ↓ -32% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $196.50 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↓ -17% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↓ -17% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↓ -17% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↓ -17% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↓ -17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $229.32 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $247.59 | ↓ -5% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $305.76 | ↑ +17% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $334.88 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $345.84 | ↑ +32% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $356.72 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $381.21 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $393.00 | ↑ +50% |
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Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $218.13 | $9.45 – $100.09 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $252.58 | $34.27 – $354.05 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $322.32 | $134.42 – $293.80 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $158.51 | $61.58 – $233.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $239.52 | $98.28 – $356.72 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $68.64 | $90.00 – $180.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $67.90 | $66.09 – $180.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $425.34 | $189.47 – $371.29 |