Ghs tracheostomy emergency - transtracheal at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,982.50
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$4,632.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$122.19 with Partnership Health Plan vs $12,466.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $122.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $122.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $150.29 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $150.29 | ↓ -92% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $192.61 | ↓ -90% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $192.61 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,882.11 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,882.11 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,882.11 | ↓ -5% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,882.11 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,882.11 | ↓ -5% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,882.11 | ↓ -5% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,882.11 | ↓ -5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,547.60 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,918.16 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,890.88 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,076.16 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,122.48 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,261.44 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,307.76 | ↑ +117% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,486.00 | ↑ +126% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,539.36 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,585.68 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +188% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +188% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +188% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,970.00 | ↑ +201% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,515.00 | ↑ +229% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,759.00 | ↑ +241% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $9,303.00 | ↑ +369% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,466.00 | ↑ +529% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Ghs tracheostomy emergency - transtracheal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,288.99 | $150.29 – $4,076.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,826.42 | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,058.98 | $2,203.03 – $7,745.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,732.58 | $1,995.60 – $9,008.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,415.76 | $2,090.52 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,770.21 | $5,981.00 – $20,799.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,500.47 | $122.19 – $7,144.20 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,024.81 | $2,158.97 – $5,318.00 |