F-18 fdg pet diag at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,347.35
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.
$3,148.00
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.
$360.00 with CenCal vs $3,085.04 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 | $360.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $360.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $360.00 | ↓ -73% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $360.00 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $491.06 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $544.64 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $544.64 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $647.79 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $689.02 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $689.02 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $982.40 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,318.50 | ↓ -2% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,574.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,983.24 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,644.32 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,896.16 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,085.04 | ↑ +129% |
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F-18 fdg pet diag at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $404.27 | $157.04 – $594.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $194.04 | $133.65 – $491.06 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $236.33 | $318.50 – $637.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $233.78 | $318.50 – $637.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $51.00 | $600.21 – $897.82 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $51.00 | $715.95 – $897.82 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $187.28 | $66.99 – $319.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $652.75 | $201.36 – $822.22 |