Destroy cth facet jnt addl 64634 at Arroyo Grande Hospital

1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$853.44

Cash price

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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.

$1,994.00

Gross charge

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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.

$67.65 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,160.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $67.65 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $67.65 ↓ -92%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $74.18 ↓ -91%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $74.18 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $83.21 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $83.21 ↓ -90%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,096.70 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,256.22 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,674.96 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,754.72 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,774.66 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,834.48 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,854.42 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,954.12 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $1,974.06 ↑ +131%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,343.00 ↑ +526%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,710.00 ↑ +569%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,710.00 ↑ +569%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,710.00 ↑ +569%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,160.00 ↑ +739%

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Destroy cth facet jnt addl 64634 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,652.35 $44.50 – $168.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $781.65 $67.65 – $1,954.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $429.62 $67.65 – $1,030.62
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,277.37 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $217.77 $3,982.87 – $3,982.87
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $323.40 $58.95 – $924.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,462.17 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,138.56 $1,200.00 – $5,357.00

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