Echo exam uterus 76831- 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

$423.72

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.

$990.00

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.

$108.33 with Partnership Health Plan vs $1,081.74 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.

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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 $108.33 ↓ -74%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $108.33 ↓ -74%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $108.33 ↓ -74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $108.33 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $163.90 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $163.90 ↓ -61%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $284.30 ↓ -33%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -28%
United Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -28%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -28%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $471.50 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Options PPO $517.79 ↑ +22%
United Commercial|HMO $517.79 ↑ +22%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $517.79 ↑ +22%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $517.79 ↑ +22%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $553.37 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $553.37 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $553.37 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $594.09 ↑ +40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $627.78 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $792.12 ↑ +87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $841.36 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $867.56 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $924.14 ↑ +118%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,081.74 ↑ +155%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,081.74 ↑ +155%

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Echo exam uterus 76831- at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $201.92 $124.47 – $1,113.94
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,470.53 $108.33 – $642.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $367.31 $108.33 – $1,271.67
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $670.40 $108.33 – $1,445.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $663.17 $108.33 – $1,427.53
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $713.49 $203.97 – $321.48
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $500.10 $108.33 – $697.82
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $482.46 $332.01 – $383.59

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