Insitu hybridization manual at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$64.20
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.
$150.00
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.
$35.90 with Western Growers vs $457.06 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $35.90 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $45.24 | ↓ -30% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $60.32 | ↓ -6% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $66.06 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $69.65 | ↑ +8% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $70.37 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $71.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $88.32 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $88.32 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $249.65 | ↑ +289% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $249.65 | ↑ +289% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $345.75 | ↑ +439% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $349.51 | ↑ +444% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $457.06 | ↑ +612% |
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Insitu hybridization manual at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $321.56 | $71.94 – $388.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $756.84 | $483.05 – $702.68 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $76.06 | $29.55 – $111.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $58.80 | $19.39 – $293.49 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $56.34 | $75.41 – $278.43 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $55.73 | $75.41 – $278.43 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $611.49 | $508.94 – $888.01 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $446.76 | $461.02 – $1,007.01 |