Ghs HIV antibody 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

$68.91

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.

$161.00

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.

$13.71 with BCBS - Anthem vs $53.00 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.

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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -80%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -80%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -80%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -80%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $15.72 ↓ -77%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $15.72 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16.45 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16.45 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.45 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|HMO $16.45 ↓ -76%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $17.16 ↓ -75%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $17.16 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $25.97 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $25.97 ↓ -62%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $26.50 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $33.39 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $33.39 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.32 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $35.32 ↓ -49%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $44.52 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $46.64 ↓ -32%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $48.76 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $51.41 ↓ -25%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $51.94 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $53.00 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $53.00 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $53.00 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $53.00 ↓ -23%

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Ghs HIV antibody at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $8.88 $5.48 – $36.37
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $26.75 $2.74 – $40.74
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $270.81 $13.44 – $115.35
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $92.58 $13.71 – $33.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $63.12 $13.71 – $51.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $108.71 $13.71 – $113.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $107.54 $13.71 – $148.52
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $159.12 $13.71 – $145.78

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