CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (without contrast) at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$4,263.31
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.
$9,961.00
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.
$174.31 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,399.00 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 | $174.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -96% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $178.43 | ↓ -96% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $178.43 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $263.71 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $263.71 | ↓ -94% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $284.30 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $517.79 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $517.79 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $517.79 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $517.79 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $807.61 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $807.61 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $807.61 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,642.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,756.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,756.00 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,200.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,775.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,756.50 | ↑ +12% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,342.00 | ↑ +49% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,946.00 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,399.00 | ↑ +74% |
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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,038.41 | $263.71 – $5,410.86 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,383.54 | $48.34 – $4,063.33 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $9,501.81 | $321.54 – $816.11 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,770.23 | $174.31 – $1,174.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,411.19 | $174.31 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,166.64 | $174.31 – $4,672.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,143.28 | $174.31 – $4,613.60 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,458.42 | $338.78 – $1,069.56 |