Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$132.68
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.
$310.00
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.
$24.03 with Western Growers vs $110.56 with Cigna — 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 | $24.03 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $30.28 | ↓ -77% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $31.66 | ↓ -76% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $31.66 | ↓ -76% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $40.37 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $40.61 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $40.61 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.61 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $40.61 | ↓ -69% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $40.78 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $41.48 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $41.48 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $44.21 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $46.61 | ↓ -65% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $47.09 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $48.05 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.05 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $48.05 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $48.05 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $48.05 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $48.05 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $48.05 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $48.05 | ↓ -64% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $48.05 | ↓ -64% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $48.05 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.11 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.11 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $110.56 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $110.56 | ↓ -17% |
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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $78.84 | $40.61 – $140.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $108.63 | $50.33 – $66.86 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $34.03 | $13.22 – $50.07 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $121.52 | $12.98 – $129.97 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $45.64 | $33.23 – $123.30 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $45.15 | $33.23 – $123.30 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $113.73 | $53.03 – $67.99 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $60.69 | $48.04 – $77.11 |