Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$22.69
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.
$53.00
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.
$6.07 with Partnership Health Plan vs $34.96 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 | $6.07 | ↓ -73% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -73% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -73% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -67% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -67% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8.98 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.98 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8.98 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8.98 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.19 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.19 | ↓ -59% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $17.48 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $19.27 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.27 | ↓ -15% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $22.03 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $22.03 | ↓ -3% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $29.37 | ↑ +29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $30.77 | ↑ +36% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $32.17 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $33.92 | ↑ +49% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $34.27 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $34.96 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $34.96 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $34.96 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $34.96 | ↑ +54% |
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Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $35.15 | $1.50 – $61.11 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $17.64 | $6.07 – $34.27 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $61.59 | $3.81 – $21.49 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $60.93 | $3.81 – $21.49 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $109.07 | $0.77 – $6.10 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $108.20 | $1.61 – $7.62 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $67.20 | $6.36 – $14.96 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $45.91 | $4.23 – $27.44 |