Ghs nerve block axillary nerve at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,431.24
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.
$3,344.00
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.
$74.76 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 | $74.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $74.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $91.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $91.95 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $117.85 | ↓ -92% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $117.85 | ↓ -92% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $990.67 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -21% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -21% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -21% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -21% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,672.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,106.72 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,808.96 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,942.72 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,976.16 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,076.48 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,109.92 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,277.12 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,310.56 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,486.00 | ↑ +213% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +273% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +299% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +299% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +299% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,970.00 | ↑ +317% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,515.00 | ↑ +355% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,759.00 | ↑ +372% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +400% |
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Ghs nerve block axillary nerve at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $231.02 | $107.50 – $269.66 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,725.84 | $1,191.92 – $2,695.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $630.71 | $74.76 – $928.06 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $960.89 | $74.76 – $2,072.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $950.53 | $74.76 – $2,046.10 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,918.62 | $1,255.83 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,498.82 | $1,137.58 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,047.03 | $1,191.69 – $3,982.87 |