Lactoferrin fecal quant at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$74.64
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.
$174.39
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.
$15.70 with CenCal vs $173.00 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.
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 | $15.70 | ↓ -79% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.70 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.45 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.45 | ↓ -77% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $19.63 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $19.63 | ↓ -74% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $19.63 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $19.63 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $19.63 | ↓ -74% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $19.63 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $19.63 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $19.63 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $23.56 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.56 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $23.56 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $23.56 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $26.40 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $26.40 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $50.58 | ↓ -32% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $50.58 | ↓ -32% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $86.50 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $108.99 | ↑ +46% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $108.99 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $144.03 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $144.03 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $144.03 | ↑ +93% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $145.32 | ↑ +95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $152.24 | ↑ +104% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $159.16 | ↑ +113% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $167.81 | ↑ +125% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $169.54 | ↑ +127% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $173.00 | ↑ +132% |
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Lactoferrin fecal quant at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $96.40 | $3.93 – $149.38 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $133.11 | $19.24 – $156.74 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $68.37 | $15.70 – $169.54 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $109.65 | $19.63 – $198.08 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $95.88 | $19.63 – $224.62 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $94.35 | $225.15 – $225.15 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $171.36 | $19.24 – $168.52 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $88.80 | $16.69 – $39.26 |