Dx bronchoscope/wash 31622 at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$2,270.54
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.
$5,305.00
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.
$189.26 with Partnership Health Plan vs $9,715.00 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 | $189.26 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $189.26 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $232.79 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $232.79 | ↓ -90% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $298.34 | ↓ -87% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $298.34 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↓ -3% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↓ -3% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↓ -3% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,573.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,241.98 | ↑ +43% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,322.64 | ↑ +90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,486.00 | ↑ +98% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,528.48 | ↑ +99% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,579.94 | ↑ +102% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,734.32 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,785.78 | ↑ +111% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,043.08 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,094.54 | ↑ +124% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,515.00 | ↑ +187% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,857.00 | ↑ +202% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,857.00 | ↑ +202% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,857.00 | ↑ +202% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7,250.00 | ↑ +219% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,451.00 | ↑ +228% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,439.00 | ↑ +272% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,715.00 | ↑ +328% |
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Dx bronchoscope/wash 31622 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,171.22 | $232.79 – $4,012.38 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,706.68 | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,079.56 | $189.26 – $5,198.90 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,269.57 | $189.26 – $2,737.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,255.88 | $189.26 – $2,703.38 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,986.78 | $2,527.21 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,054.90 | $2,289.25 – $9,858.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $3,223.30 | $564.50 – $4,516.00 |