Ins/rpl ldless pm right vent w img & eval 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

$27,923.15

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.

$65,241.00

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.

$417.72 with CenCal vs $64,588.59 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.

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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 $417.72 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $417.72 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $417.72 ↓ -99%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $417.72 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $631.97 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $631.97 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,484.00 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $9,303.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,997.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $9,997.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,997.00 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $12,322.00 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,466.00 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↓ -13%
United Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↓ -13%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↓ -13%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↓ -13%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $28,179.00 ↑ +1%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $31,909.00 ↑ +14%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $35,882.55 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $41,101.83 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $54,802.44 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $57,412.08 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $58,064.49 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $60,021.72 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $60,674.13 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $63,936.18 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $64,588.59 ↑ +131%

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Ins/rpl ldless pm right vent w img & eval at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17,482.34 $631.97 – $43,115.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $25,574.48 $417.72 – $63,936.18
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $21,010.75 $417.72 – $45,227.50
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $24,293.85 $7,745.00 – $89,248.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $27,480.84 $9,008.00 – $89,248.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $16,491.05 $417.72 – $47,117.28
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $23,344.74 $4,233.00 – $26,801.96
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $13,523.52 $9,718.00 – $45,831.45

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