Ep induct arrhy by elect pacing 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

$1,221.94

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.

$2,855.00

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.

$203.02 with Partnership Health Plan vs $16,554.00 with Aetna — 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 $203.02 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $203.02 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $249.71 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $249.71 ↓ -80%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $321.87 ↓ -74%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $321.87 ↓ -74%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,427.50 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +26%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +26%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +26%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +26%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,798.65 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,398.20 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,512.40 ↑ +106%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,626.60 ↑ +115%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,797.90 ↑ +129%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,855.00 ↑ +134%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,855.00 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,343.00 ↑ +337%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7,044.00 ↑ +476%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,160.00 ↑ +486%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,169.00 ↑ +487%
United Commercial|HMO $7,391.00 ↑ +505%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16,554.00 ↑ +1255%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16,554.00 ↑ +1255%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16,554.00 ↑ +1255%

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Ep induct arrhy by elect pacing at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,129.17 $249.71 – $2,803.82
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,086.63 $203.02 – $2,716.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $908.70 $203.02 – $2,401.72
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $727.95 $203.02 – $2,030.32
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,758.24 $1,331.06 – $3,281.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,275.14 $203.02 – $2,476.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $895.87 $203.02 – $4,018.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,269.80 $352.75 – $2,719.00

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