Hc transcatheter placement and sbsq removal cepd perq at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$23,609.34
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.
$55,162.00
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.
$27,581.00 with Western Growers vs $54,610.38 with United — 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $27,581.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $34,752.06 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $46,336.08 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $48,542.56 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $49,094.18 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $50,749.04 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $51,300.66 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $54,058.76 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $54,610.38 | ↑ +131% |
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Hc transcatheter placement and sbsq removal cepd perq at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $21,623.51 | $14,893.74 – $54,058.76 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $9,271.29 | $1,727.00 – $8,621.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $9,271.29 | $1,802.00 – $21,319.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $9,271.29 | $691.00 – $12,908.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $7,358.88 | $1,200.00 – $9,718.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $12,468.00 | $1,394.00 – $11,840.00 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance | Torrance | $6,442.80 | $353.00 – $9,648.00 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $5,073.25 | $352.70 – $9,891.00 |