Leg Vein Ultrasound (DVT study, both legs) at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$775.54
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.
$1,812.00
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.
$193.06 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,044.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.06 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.06 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $237.46 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $237.46 | ↓ -69% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $284.30 | ↓ -63% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $306.07 | ↓ -61% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $306.07 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -60% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -60% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -60% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $784.50 | ↑ +1% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $988.47 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,081.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,081.74 | ↑ +39% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,317.96 | ↑ +70% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,380.72 | ↑ +78% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,443.48 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,521.93 | ↑ +96% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,537.62 | ↑ +98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,569.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,832.00 | ↑ +394% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,339.00 | ↑ +459% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,732.00 | ↑ +768% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,840.00 | ↑ +782% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7,044.00 | ↑ +808% |
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Leg Vein Ultrasound (DVT study, both legs) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,794.05 | $237.46 – $3,194.88 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $757.50 | $48.34 – $1,212.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,355.07 | $321.54 – $1,039.84 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $4,227.11 | $193.06 – $1,721.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,060.36 | $193.06 – $1,324.96 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $851.45 | $193.06 – $1,836.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $842.27 | $193.06 – $1,813.05 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,416.27 | $338.78 – $1,333.00 |