Kit gene analys d816 variant 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

$119.84

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.

$280.00

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.

$99.89 with CenCal vs $321.76 with Cigna — 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 $99.89 ↓ -17%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $99.89 ↓ -17%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $99.89 ↓ -17%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $99.89 ↓ -17%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $124.87 ↑ +4%
United Medicare|All Plans $124.87 ↑ +4%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $124.87 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $124.87 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $124.87 ↑ +4%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $124.87 ↑ +4%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $124.87 ↑ +4%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $124.87 ↑ +4%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $140.00 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|HMO $149.84 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $149.84 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Options PPO $149.84 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $149.84 ↑ +25%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $151.12 ↑ +26%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $151.12 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $176.40 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $235.20 ↑ +96%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $257.60 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $271.60 ↑ +127%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $274.40 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $280.00 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $280.00 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $280.00 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $280.00 ↑ +134%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $321.76 ↑ +168%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $321.76 ↑ +168%

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Kit gene analys d816 variant at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $109.76 $75.60 – $378.25
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $217.84 $99.89 – $274.40
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $64.80 $76.54 – $434.75
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $141.96 $99.89 – $274.40
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $163.52 $99.89 – $274.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $122.37 – $761.04
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $124.87 – $961.77
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $124.87 – $1,817.84

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