Herpes simplex type 1 antibody igg 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

$9.47

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.

$22.11

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.

$6.75 with Western Growers vs $33.97 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 $6.75 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.51 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8.51 ↓ -10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11.34 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $11.88 ↑ +25%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12.42 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $13.10 ↑ +38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +39%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +39%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +39%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +39%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +39%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +39%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +39%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13.23 ↑ +40%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $13.50 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13.50 ↑ +43%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $13.50 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $13.50 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $13.50 ↑ +43%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $13.50 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13.50 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.50 ↑ +43%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $13.50 ↑ +43%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $13.50 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13.50 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|HMO $15.83 ↑ +67%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $16.61 ↑ +75%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $16.61 ↑ +75%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.97 ↑ +259%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $33.97 ↑ +259%

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Herpes simplex type 1 antibody igg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $62.05 $4.67 – $34.98
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $25.48 $1.23 – $19.34
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $43.86 $12.93 – $107.66
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $158.51 $7.31 – $13.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8.67 $3.65 – $39.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6.31 $4.50 – $37.89
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4.96 $4.50 – $37.89
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $43.86 $13.19 – $136.06

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