Ins cath ren art 1st bi at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$7,191.69
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.
$16,803.00
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.
$296.54 with CenCal vs $16,150.86 with United — 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $296.54 | ↓ -96% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $296.54 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $296.72 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $296.72 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $448.91 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $448.91 | ↓ -94% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $3,380.85 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -44% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -44% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,857.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,857.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,857.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $8,972.70 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $9,303.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $10,277.82 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,466.00 | ↑ +73% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13,703.76 | ↑ +91% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14,356.32 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,519.46 | ↑ +102% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $15,008.88 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $15,172.02 | ↑ +111% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $15,987.72 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $16,150.86 | ↑ +125% |
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Ins cath ren art 1st bi at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,707.67 | $448.91 – $7,477.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6,395.09 | $296.54 – $15,955.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,240.32 | $296.72 – $6,210.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,205.38 | $296.72 – $6,132.77 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $13,927.59 | $2,630.82 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,443.12 | $4,061.05 – $17,611.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,450.49 | $0.80 – $3,308.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,624.68 | $2,513.33 – $11,377.00 |