Etonogestrel implant system at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$5,611.08
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.
$13,110.00
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.
$981.56 with CenCal vs $12,847.80 with MultiPlan — 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 | $981.56 | ↓ -83% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $981.56 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,214.63 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,214.63 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,284.43 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,723.87 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,837.61 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,837.61 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1,858.39 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,858.39 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,040.67 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,289.44 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,404.97 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,404.97 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,439.85 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $3,906.26 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $5,899.50 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,899.50 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $6,555.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,259.30 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,012.40 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $12,061.20 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12,847.80 | ↑ +129% |
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Etonogestrel implant system at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,890.21 | $724.96 – $3,133.75 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,963.83 | $1,214.63 – $5,832.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,642.43 | $784.74 – $3,133.75 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,016.77 | $936.06 – $3,133.75 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,477.85 | $1,238.93 – $2,429.26 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $3,016.77 | $938.36 – $938.36 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,890.21 | $779.45 – $3,133.75 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,288.24 | $959.54 – $3,133.75 |