Iadna legionella pneumophila amplified probe tq at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$67.63
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.
$158.00
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.
$16.25 with Western Growers vs $90.42 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $16.25 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $20.48 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $20.48 | ↓ -70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $27.30 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $28.60 | ↓ -58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $29.90 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $31.53 | ↓ -53% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $31.85 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $32.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $39.98 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $39.98 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $42.11 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $90.42 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $90.42 | ↑ +34% |
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Iadna legionella pneumophila amplified probe tq at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $14.24 | $8.78 – $93.11 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $22.32 | $7.02 – $51.46 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $21.65 | $17.60 – $32.50 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $61.94 | $8.78 – $106.29 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $117.02 | $29.83 – $326.36 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $25.29 | $16.90 – $32.50 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $14.63 | $14.95 – $314.23 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $9.07 | $4.55 – $63.98 |