Dress/debride pt-thick burn/<5% bs 16020 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

$301.74

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.

$705.00

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.

$36.32 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 $36.32 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $36.32 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $44.67 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $44.67 ↓ -85%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $57.25 ↓ -81%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $57.25 ↓ -81%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $213.16 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↓ -16%
United Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↓ -16%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↓ -16%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↓ -16%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $352.50 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $444.15 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $592.20 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $620.40 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $627.45 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $648.60 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $655.65 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $690.90 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $697.95 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,385.00 ↑ +359%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $2,012.00 ↑ +567%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,832.00 ↑ +1170%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,339.00 ↑ +1338%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,343.00 ↑ +1671%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,710.00 ↑ +1792%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,710.00 ↑ +1792%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,710.00 ↑ +1792%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,160.00 ↑ +2273%

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Dress/debride pt-thick burn/<5% bs 16020 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $139.03 $44.67 – $453.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,381.59 $270.38 – $1,687.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $89.91 $34.93 – $132.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $268.13 $36.32 – $670.32
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $168.46 $36.32 – $362.61
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,554.48 $284.87 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $783.87 $258.05 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $716.04 $270.32 – $3,982.87

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