Inst fibrinolysis agent ini day 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

$802.93

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.

$1,876.00

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.

$79.67 with CenCal 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
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $79.67 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $79.67 ↓ -90%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $79.67 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $79.67 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $120.53 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $120.53 ↓ -85%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $769.20 ↓ -4%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↓ -2%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↓ -2%
United Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↓ -2%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↓ -2%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↓ -2%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $785.56 ↓ -2%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,031.80 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,181.88 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,575.84 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,650.88 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,669.64 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,725.92 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,744.68 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,838.48 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $1,857.24 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,486.00 ↑ +459%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,782.00 ↑ +496%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,343.00 ↑ +565%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,416.00 ↑ +575%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,710.00 ↑ +611%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,710.00 ↑ +611%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,710.00 ↑ +611%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $6,515.00 ↑ +711%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,160.00 ↑ +792%

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Inst fibrinolysis agent ini day at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $482.24 $120.53 – $1,452.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $735.40 $79.67 – $1,838.48
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,341.92 $890.68 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $779.79 $806.82 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $997.05 $845.19 – $3,982.87
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,132.71 $872.87 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,408.32 $685.79 – $5,171.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $810.68 $108.35 – $1,021.16

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