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1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$491.35
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.
$1,148.00
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.
$147.39 with Partnership Health Plan vs $9,715.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $147.39 | ↓ -70% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $147.39 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $181.29 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $181.29 | ↓ -63% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $232.34 | ↓ -53% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $232.34 | ↓ -53% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $631.40 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $723.24 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $964.32 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,010.24 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,021.72 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,056.16 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,067.64 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,125.04 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,136.52 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1062% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1062% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1062% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7,250.00 | ↑ +1376% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,715.00 | ↑ +1877% |
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Inj disk cerv-thor ea lev at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $673.65 | $181.29 – $1,199.64 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $450.02 | $147.39 – $1,125.04 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $177.17 | $146.05 – $676.52 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $428.40 | $1,287.00 – $5,446.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $149.87 | $77.25 – $1,161.70 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $304.15 | $1,311.00 – $5,149.00 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $335.30 | $1,528.00 – $4,768.00 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance | Torrance | $603.40 | $1,321.00 – $9,648.00 |