Ghs inf midline insertion at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$541.85
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.
$1,266.00
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.
$96.98 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,160.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $96.98 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $96.98 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $119.29 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $119.29 | ↓ -78% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $152.88 | ↓ -72% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $152.88 | ↓ -72% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $565.40 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $647.64 | ↑ +20% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $863.52 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $904.64 | ↑ +67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $914.92 | ↑ +69% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $945.76 | ↑ +75% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $956.04 | ↑ +76% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,007.44 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,017.72 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +886% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +954% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +954% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +954% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +1221% |
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Ghs inf midline insertion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $505.89 | $119.29 – $900.90 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $723.18 | $576.17 – $1,687.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $496.28 | $96.98 – $1,055.46 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,562.66 | $96.98 – $3,748.68 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,545.81 | $96.98 – $4,169.88 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $688.50 | $781.22 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $490.62 | $2,699.00 – $21,319.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,446.36 | $3,982.87 – $3,982.87 |