Insert cath pleura with image 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

$1,537.38

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.

$3,592.00

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.

$116.21 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,160.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $116.21 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $116.21 ↓ -92%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $127.70 ↓ -92%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $127.70 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $142.94 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $142.94 ↓ -91%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,185.80 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,358.28 ↓ -12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,811.04 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,897.28 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,918.84 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +28%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +28%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +28%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +28%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,983.52 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,005.08 ↑ +30%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,112.88 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|HMO $2,134.44 ↑ +39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,486.00 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,343.00 ↑ +248%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,970.00 ↑ +288%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $6,515.00 ↑ +324%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,759.00 ↑ +340%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,857.00 ↑ +346%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,857.00 ↑ +346%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,857.00 ↑ +346%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,160.00 ↑ +366%

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Insert cath pleura with image at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $686.35 $142.94 – $3,134.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,432.37 $167.10 – $1,774.13
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,012.57 $1,921.00 – $2,695.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,295.17 $116.21 – $2,112.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $767.23 $116.21 – $1,973.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,132.64 $116.21 – $1,973.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,162.11 $2,235.08 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,978.73 $2,024.63 – $8,018.00

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