Hereditary colon ca dsordrs 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

$1,091.40

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.

$2,550.00

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.

$584.90 with MHS Hospice vs $2,242.50 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.

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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
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $584.90 ↓ -46%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $584.90 ↓ -46%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $584.90 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|HMO $701.88 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Options PPO $701.88 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $701.88 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $701.88 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $884.90 ↓ -19%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $884.90 ↓ -19%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,121.25 ↑ +3%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,303.95 ↑ +19%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,303.95 ↑ +19%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,303.95 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,303.95 ↑ +19%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $1,303.95 ↑ +19%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,303.95 ↑ +19%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,303.95 ↑ +19%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,412.78 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,507.07 ↑ +38%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,507.07 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,883.70 ↑ +73%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,063.10 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $2,175.23 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,197.65 ↑ +101%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,242.50 ↑ +105%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,242.50 ↑ +105%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,242.50 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,242.50 ↑ +105%

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Hereditary colon ca dsordrs at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $999.60 $584.90 – $2,197.65
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,744.67 $584.90 – $2,197.65
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $625.66 $560.63 – $2,242.50
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $1,136.95 $584.90 – $2,197.65
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $1,309.62 $584.90 – $2,197.65
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,169.80 – $16,829.15
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $1,169.80 – $21,267.87
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $1,169.80 – $40,196.55

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