Descend thora aorta rpr/lt sub art 33880 at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$6,687.93
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.
$15,626.00
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.
$1,714.87 with Partnership Health Plan vs $22,864.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,714.87 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,714.87 | ↓ -74% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,884.57 | ↓ -72% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,884.57 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,109.29 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,109.29 | ↓ -68% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,813.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9,844.38 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,084.00 | ↑ +66% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13,125.84 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $13,750.88 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,907.14 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $14,375.92 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $14,472.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,472.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,472.00 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,532.18 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $15,313.48 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $15,469.74 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $16,097.00 | ↑ +141% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $17,063.00 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $22,864.00 | ↑ +242% |
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Descend thora aorta rpr/lt sub art 33880 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,702.04 | $1,714.87 – $14,255.08 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,377.15 | $10,413.00 – $13,524.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $5,035.20 | $4,666.00 – $16,338.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $19,835.10 | $1,714.87 – $39,670.20 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $2,941.04 | $1,516.00 – $9,422.85 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $2,168.16 | $5,463.00 – $17,143.00 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance | Torrance | $1,911.00 | $1,821.00 – $10,067.00 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $7,948.85 | $5,821.00 – $12,235.00 |