Hyperthermia ext gen deep at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,729.55
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.
$4,041.00
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.
$881.55 with Kaiser vs $11,311.00 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.
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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $881.55 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $881.55 | ↓ -49% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $881.55 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $881.55 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $881.55 | ↓ -49% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $881.55 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $881.55 | ↓ -49% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $903.40 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,673.39 | ↓ -3% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,020.50 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,242.73 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,545.83 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,394.44 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,556.08 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,620.00 | ↑ +109% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,717.72 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,758.13 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,960.18 | ↑ +129% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,041.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,041.00 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,041.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,041.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,311.00 | ↑ +554% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $11,311.00 | ↑ +554% |
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Hyperthermia ext gen deep at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $938.58 – $957.73 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $988.90 – $1,201.87 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $895.78 – $1,362.92 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $543.69 – $2,575.14 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $1,366.11 – $1,366.11 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $969.12 – $1,022.50 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $761.42 – $1,657.20 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $359.77 – $1,657.20 |