Ins/rpl pm w/tv ld atrl 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

$38,626.58

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.

$90,249.00

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.

$854.44 with Partnership Health Plan vs $89,346.51 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $854.44 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $854.44 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,050.96 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,050.96 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $1,346.90 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $1,346.90 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $9,303.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,466.00 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -66%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -66%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16,554.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16,554.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16,554.00 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18,024.00 ↓ -53%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $22,577.00 ↓ -42%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $25,564.00 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $26,177.00 ↓ -32%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $45,124.50 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $56,856.87 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $75,809.16 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $79,419.12 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $80,321.61 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $83,029.08 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $83,931.57 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $88,444.02 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $89,346.51 ↑ +131%

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Ins/rpl pm w/tv ld atrl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $14,400.13 $1,050.96 – $25,925.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $36,127.12 $854.44 – $90,317.78
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $13,055.66 $854.44 – $28,103.46
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $19,382.04 $7,745.00 – $62,607.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $11,737.14 $9,008.00 – $62,607.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $18,866.94 $9,031.00 – $62,607.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $9,655.55 $854.44 – $27,587.28
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $15,456.57 $5,318.00 – $20,488.00

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