Eeg wo vid ea 12-26hr unmntr at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$630.88
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.
$1,474.00
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.
$265.07 with CenCal 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $265.07 | ↓ -58% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $265.07 | ↓ -58% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $265.07 | ↓ -58% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $265.07 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $401.03 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $401.03 | ↓ -36% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $592.42 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +7% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +7% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +7% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +7% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $737.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $928.62 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,238.16 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,297.12 | ↑ +106% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,356.08 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,429.78 | ↑ +127% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,444.52 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,474.00 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,732.00 | ↑ +967% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,840.00 | ↑ +984% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7,044.00 | ↑ +1017% |
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Eeg wo vid ea 12-26hr unmntr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,402.50 | $502.87 – $3,530.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $594.72 | $265.07 – $1,282.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $588.31 | $265.07 – $1,266.37 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,278.57 | $529.83 – $4,461.53 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,929.84 | $479.94 – $5,059.40 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $797.12 | $139.60 – $1,116.80 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,296.93 | $5,071.22 – $5,071.22 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,564.28 | $519.24 – $3,795.69 |