Electrophysiologic study at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$6,530.86
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$15,259.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$327.75 with Partnership Health Plan vs $18,030.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $327.75 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $327.75 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $403.13 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $403.13 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $519.61 | ↓ -92% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $519.61 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7,044.00 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,169.00 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,391.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,629.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9,613.17 | ↑ +47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12,817.56 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $13,427.92 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $13,455.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $14,038.28 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $14,472.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,472.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,472.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $14,491.00 | ↑ +122% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $14,953.82 | ↑ +129% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,259.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $15,259.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $16,408.00 | ↑ +151% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $18,030.00 | ↑ +176% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Electrophysiologic study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,838.59 | $403.13 – $16,899.20 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,807.48 | $327.75 – $14,518.70 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $4,295.74 | $327.75 – $11,353.85 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,441.27 | $327.75 – $10,766.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $6,028.08 | $327.75 – $11,002.70 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $3,063.98 | $327.75 – $10,982.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $6,178.90 | $177.08 – $16,065.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $5,387.87 | $327.75 – $10,740.57 |