Embo or occlude vascular tumor/organ/infarct s&i 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

$18,047.48

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.

$42,167.00

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.

$510.05 with CenCal vs $41,745.33 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.

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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
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $510.05 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $510.05 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $510.05 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $510.05 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $771.65 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $771.65 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,385.00 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $2,012.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,743.00 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,743.00 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,743.00 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $13,455.00 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↓ -20%
United Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↓ -20%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↓ -20%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $18,030.00 ↓ -0%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $22,577.00 ↑ +25%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $23,191.85 ↑ +29%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $25,564.00 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $26,565.21 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $35,420.28 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $37,106.96 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $37,528.63 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $38,793.64 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $39,215.31 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41,323.66 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $41,745.33 ↑ +131%

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Embo or occlude vascular tumor/organ/infarct s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7,078.52 $771.65 – $26,644.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17,025.35 $510.05 – $41,323.66
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13,040.65 $510.05 – $28,120.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12,900.05 $510.05 – $27,768.50
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $16,805.63 $510.05 – $26,889.24
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $14,433.51 $691.00 – $20,488.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $25,170.24 $1,597.00 – $27,468.35
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $18,457.28 $1,132.31 – $23,249.52

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