Hocm 200-249mg/ml iodine,1ml 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

$0.86

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.

$2.00

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.

$0.22 with CenCal vs $1.98 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.

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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
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $0.22 ↓ -74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $0.22 ↓ -74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $0.22 ↓ -74%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $0.22 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $0.33 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $0.33 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $0.35 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $0.47 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.90 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $0.90 ↑ +5%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1.00 ↑ +16%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1.26 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1.68 ↑ +95%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.76 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.78 ↑ +107%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1.84 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.86 ↑ +116%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1.96 ↑ +128%
United Commercial|HMO $1.98 ↑ +130%

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Hocm 200-249mg/ml iodine,1ml at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $0.20 – $0.20
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $0.21 – $0.21
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $0.25 – $0.25
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $0.50 – $0.50
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $0.26 – $0.26
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $0.21 – $0.21
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $0.26 – $0.26
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $0.55 – $0.56

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