Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$130.54
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.
$305.00
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.
$16.37 with CenCal vs $305.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $16.37 | ↓ -87% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.37 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $32.25 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $32.25 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.79 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.79 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $141.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $152.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $192.15 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $215.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $232.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $232.00 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $256.20 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $268.40 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $271.45 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $280.60 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $283.65 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $298.90 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $301.95 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $305.00 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $305.00 | ↑ +134% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $559.01 | $28.15 – $226.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $737.20 | $29.86 – $276.45 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $68.60 | $8.28 – $32.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $119.56 | $16.37 – $298.90 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $86.25 | $32.25 – $232.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $205.02 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $55.08 | not published |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $159.06 | $16.37 – $399.34 |