Ins cath ren art 2nd+ uni 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

$4,654.50

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.

$10,875.00

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.

$316.27 with CenCal vs $13,146.00 with Health Net — 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
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $316.27 ↓ -93%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $316.27 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $316.46 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $316.46 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $478.78 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $478.78 ↓ -90%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $5,607.17 ↑ +20%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $5,981.25 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,851.25 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,857.00 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,857.00 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,857.00 ↑ +47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +48%
United Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +48%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +48%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +48%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,135.00 ↑ +96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $9,303.00 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9,570.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,678.75 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,005.00 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10,113.75 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,657.50 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $10,766.25 ↑ +131%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $11,609.00 ↑ +149%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,466.00 ↑ +168%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $13,146.00 ↑ +182%

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Ins cath ren art 2nd+ uni at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,707.67 $478.78 – $12,900.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,263.00 $316.27 – $10,329.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,101.25 $316.46 – $6,868.48
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,099.69 $316.46 – $6,868.48
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $12,411.36 $2,803.20 – $27,307.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,506.06 $0.80 – $2,366.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $10,545.27 $2,681.54 – $15,575.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $5,365.92 $4,114.00 – $13,240.19

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