Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$168.21
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.
$393.00
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.
$29.90 with Partnership Health Plan vs $336.60 with United — 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 | $29.90 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $29.90 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.78 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.78 | ↓ -78% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.15 | ↓ -72% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.15 | ↓ -72% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $187.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $214.20 | ↑ +27% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $285.60 | ↑ +70% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $299.20 | ↑ +78% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $302.60 | ↑ +80% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $312.80 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $316.20 | ↑ +88% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $333.20 | ↑ +98% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $336.60 | ↑ +100% |
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Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $195.84 | $1,687.00 – $1,687.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $154.06 | $29.90 – $333.20 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $142.10 | $29.90 – $243.86 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $140.57 | $29.90 – $261.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $178.50 | $2,747.00 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $202.47 | $2,699.00 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $110.16 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $534.48 | $8,222.00 – $8,222.00 |