Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$2,524.78
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.
$5,899.00
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.
$830.57 with MHS Hospice vs $7,044.00 with United — 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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| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $830.57 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,949.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,716.37 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,254.32 | ↑ +69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,486.00 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,955.16 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,191.12 | ↑ +106% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,427.08 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,701.75 | ↑ +126% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,781.02 | ↑ +129% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,970.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,515.00 | ↑ +158% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,732.00 | ↑ +167% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,759.00 | ↑ +168% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,840.00 | ↑ +171% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7,044.00 | ↑ +179% |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,876.40 | $1,056.42 – $2,417.83 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,855.33 | $1,003.85 – $7,138.32 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $825.48 | $1,003.85 – $1,780.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,273.57 | $1,003.85 – $1,757.75 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,145.28 | $1,113.06 – $6,127.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,796.84 | $1,008.25 – $6,127.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,089.98 | $3,473.10 – $6,127.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,047.13 | $952.80 – $5,709.66 |