Mayo brcmg brucella antibody igm 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

$5.30

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.

$12.38

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.

$6.19 with Western Growers vs $22.99 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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $6.19 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.80 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.80 ↑ +47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.93 ↑ +68%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.93 ↑ +68%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.93 ↑ +68%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.93 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.93 ↑ +68%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $8.93 ↑ +68%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $8.93 ↑ +68%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.93 ↑ +68%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $10.24 ↑ +93%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $10.24 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10.40 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10.72 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10.72 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.72 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|HMO $10.72 ↑ +102%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $10.90 ↑ +106%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $11.39 ↑ +115%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $11.39 ↑ +115%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $11.39 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $12.01 ↑ +127%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12.14 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.38 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12.38 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.38 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.38 ↑ +134%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $15.23 ↑ +187%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $15.23 ↑ +187%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $22.99 ↑ +334%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.99 ↑ +334%

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Mayo brcmg brucella antibody igm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.43 $3.35 – $23.68
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $10.19 $1.79 – $15.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $46.41 $8.75 – $65.84
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8.25 $6.71 – $12.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4.86 $3.35 – $27.03
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.35 $6.19 – $25.64
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8.26 $6.19 – $25.64
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $46.41 $8.93 – $83.20

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