Hba1/hba2 full gene sequence at Arroyo Grande Hospital

1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$200.09

Cash price

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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.

$467.50

Gross charge

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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.

$204.38 with Western Growers vs $1,545.96 with Cigna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $204.38 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $257.52 ↑ +29%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $343.35 ↑ +72%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $376.05 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $396.49 ↑ +98%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $400.58 ↑ +100%
United Medicare|All Plans $408.75 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|Options PPO $408.75 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $408.75 ↑ +104%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $408.75 ↑ +104%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $408.75 ↑ +104%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $408.75 ↑ +104%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $408.75 ↑ +104%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $408.75 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $408.75 ↑ +104%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $408.75 ↑ +104%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $408.75 ↑ +104%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $408.75 ↑ +104%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $408.75 ↑ +104%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $408.75 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $408.75 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $408.75 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $408.75 ↑ +104%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $408.75 ↑ +104%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $408.75 ↑ +104%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $502.77 ↑ +151%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $502.77 ↑ +151%
United Commercial|HMO $720.00 ↑ +260%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,545.96 ↑ +673%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,545.96 ↑ +673%

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Hba1/hba2 full gene sequence at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $368.58 $120.00 – $792.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $311.36 $221.26 – $408.75
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $183.26 $110.37 – $1,817.40
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $363.72 $243.10 – $467.50
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $210.38 $303.88 – $5,372.64
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $130.44 $102.19 – $1,093.95
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $254.79 $313.23 – $467.50
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $201.03 $116.88 – $2,400.00

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