Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i 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

$4,895.47

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.

$11,438.00

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.

$275.87 with Partnership Health Plan vs $49,714.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $275.87 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $275.87 ↓ -94%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $275.87 ↓ -94%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $275.87 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $417.36 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $417.36 ↓ -91%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $5,719.00 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7,205.94 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,484.00 ↑ +73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,607.92 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10,065.44 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10,179.82 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,522.96 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10,637.34 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,209.24 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $11,323.62 ↑ +131%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11,438.00 ↑ +134%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11,438.00 ↑ +134%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11,438.00 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11,438.00 ↑ +134%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $11,438.00 ↑ +134%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11,438.00 ↑ +134%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $12,322.00 ↑ +152%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16,569.00 ↑ +238%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16,569.00 ↑ +238%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16,569.00 ↑ +238%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $23,796.00 ↑ +386%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $31,887.00 ↑ +551%
United Medicare|All Plans $36,121.04 ↑ +638%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $43,904.00 ↑ +797%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $49,714.00 ↑ +916%

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Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,618.16 $275.87 – $11,781.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $35,979.22 $275.87 – $77,448.44
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $36,843.93 $11,036.00 – $126,547.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $19,590.99 $275.87 – $55,974.24
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $32,159.07 $4,233.00 – $39,911.86
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $12,102.24 $9,779.00 – $68,249.43
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $54,038.44 $275.87 – $103,879.71
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $3,641.85 $275.87 – $25,331.09

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