Ivp w/wo kub w/wo tomography 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

$944.60

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.

$2,207.00

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.

$94.30 with Partnership Health Plan vs $2,059.96 with MultiPlan — 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 $94.30 ↓ -90%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $94.30 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $94.30 ↓ -90%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $94.30 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $142.67 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $142.67 ↓ -85%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $222.30 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -76%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -76%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $401.74 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $538.78 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $538.78 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $538.78 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $691.31 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $839.73 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $839.73 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $926.51 ↓ -2%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,051.00 ↑ +11%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,324.26 ↑ +40%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,765.68 ↑ +87%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,933.84 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,059.96 ↑ +118%

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Ivp w/wo kub w/wo tomography at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $890.46 $142.67 – $1,585.74
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $617.30 $35.60 – $912.77
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,890.06 $236.37 – $392.89
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,661.67 $94.30 – $615.44
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $743.24 $94.30 – $987.17
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,146.77 $94.30 – $2,472.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,134.40 $94.30 – $2,441.89
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,625.88 $249.04 – $496.51

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