Infect ag drug suscept pheno predict 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

$176.55

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.

$412.50

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.

$54.20 with Western Growers vs $335.87 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 $54.20 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $68.30 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $68.30 ↓ -61%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $91.06 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $95.40 ↓ -46%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $99.73 ↓ -44%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $104.28 ↓ -41%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $104.28 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $105.15 ↓ -40%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $106.24 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $108.40 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $108.40 ↓ -39%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $108.40 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $108.40 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $108.40 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $108.40 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $108.40 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $108.40 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $108.40 ↓ -39%
United Medicare|All Plans $108.40 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Options PPO $108.40 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $108.40 ↓ -39%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $108.40 ↓ -39%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $108.40 ↓ -39%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $108.40 ↓ -39%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $108.40 ↓ -39%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $108.40 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $133.34 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $133.34 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|HMO $156.42 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $335.87 ↑ +90%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $335.87 ↑ +90%

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Infect ag drug suscept pheno predict at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $61.32 $31.16 – $345.87
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $133.36 $26.07 – $231.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $117.81 $127.74 – $1,040.83
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $215.59 $75.79 – $137.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $161.70 $29.27 – $394.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $120.10 $57.70 – $374.59
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $118.80 $57.70 – $374.59
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $117.81 $130.35 – $1,315.35

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