Ghs superficial wnd dehis w packing12021 at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$440.84
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.
$1,030.00
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.
$144.40 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 | $144.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $144.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $177.61 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $177.61 | ↓ -60% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $227.62 | ↓ -48% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $227.62 | ↓ -48% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $389.79 | ↓ -12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $507.64 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $507.64 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $507.64 | ↑ +15% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $507.64 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $507.64 | ↑ +15% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $507.64 | ↑ +15% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $507.64 | ↑ +15% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $515.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $648.90 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $865.20 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $906.40 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $916.70 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $947.60 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $957.90 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,009.40 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,019.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,832.00 | ↑ +769% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,339.00 | ↑ +884% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,486.00 | ↑ +918% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +1112% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1195% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1195% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1195% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,515.00 | ↑ +1378% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +1524% |
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Ghs superficial wnd dehis w packing12021 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $755.82 | $547.82 – $1,921.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $415.92 | $144.40 – $1,039.78 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $611.43 | $144.40 – $1,316.14 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $839.97 | $577.20 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,098.03 | $522.85 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $458.49 | $547.72 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $499.29 | $1,333.00 – $20,799.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $808.35 | $565.65 – $4,042.00 |