Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a&b/rsv at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$286.76
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.
$670.00
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.
$142.63 with BCBS - Anthem vs $427.89 with Aetna — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -50% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -50% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $171.25 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $171.25 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $171.25 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $171.25 | ↓ -40% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $213.95 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $215.78 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $215.78 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $269.58 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $269.58 | ↓ -6% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $359.43 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $376.55 | ↑ +31% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $393.66 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $415.06 | ↑ +45% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $419.34 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $427.89 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $427.89 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $427.89 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $427.89 | ↑ +49% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a&b/rsv at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $191.25 | $139.78 – $348.15 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $251.67 | $115.54 – $419.34 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $212.59 | $142.63 – $343.74 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $131.02 | $142.63 – $282.03 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $262.65 | $142.63 – $439.98 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $131.07 | $142.63 – $831.62 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $203.85 | $35.70 – $285.60 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $188.70 | $142.63 – $489.22 |