Insertion pacing electrode lv pacing w/insertion of ppm/implantable defibrillator at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$22,666.46
Cash price 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.
$52,959.00
Gross charge 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.
$258.35 with CenCal vs $52,429.41 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $258.35 | ↓ -99% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $258.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $258.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $258.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $390.91 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $390.91 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,861.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $9,965.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,997.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,997.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,997.00 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $12,414.00 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $16,635.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $26,479.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $33,364.17 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $44,485.56 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $46,603.92 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47,133.51 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $48,722.28 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $49,251.87 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $51,899.82 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $52,429.41 | ↑ +131% |
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Insertion pacing electrode lv pacing w/insertion of ppm/implantable defibrillator at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $15,790.34 | $390.91 – $28,119.78 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $21,183.68 | $258.35 – $52,959.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $21,546.94 | $258.38 – $58,123.89 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $33,316.77 | $8,552.00 – $32,162.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $12,456.24 | $8,925.00 – $47,967.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $11,891.13 | $258.35 – $33,974.64 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $33,316.77 | $3,423.00 – $25,242.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $11,028.00 | $7,908.00 – $14,208.00 |