Immunodiff gel qual ea antigen/ab 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

$19.26

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.

$45.00

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.

$2.79 with Western Growers vs $30.88 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 $2.79 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.52 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3.52 ↓ -82%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.69 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $4.92 ↓ -74%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5.14 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5.42 ↓ -72%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5.47 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.58 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.58 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5.58 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5.58 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.58 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5.58 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.58 ↓ -71%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.58 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.58 ↓ -71%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $5.58 ↓ -71%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $5.58 ↓ -71%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $5.58 ↓ -71%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $5.58 ↓ -71%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5.58 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.58 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5.58 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5.58 ↓ -71%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $5.58 ↓ -71%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $5.58 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.87 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.87 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|HMO $14.38 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $30.88 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.88 ↑ +60%

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Immunodiff gel qual ea antigen/ab at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $15.77 $1.53 – $31.80
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $4.46 $2.40 – $9.73
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $14.36 $11.74 – $97.82
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $27.98 $3.03 – $5.58
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17.64 $1.51 – $36.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $17.38 $2.80 – $34.44
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $17.19 $2.80 – $34.44
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $14.36 $11.98 – $123.62

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