Mayo cytopathology in situ hybridization urinary tract 3-5 probes each specimen manual at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$168.36
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.
$393.36
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.
$175.06 with MHS Hospice vs $1,474.81 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.
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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| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $175.06 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $178.99 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $178.99 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $178.99 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $178.99 | ↑ +6% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $196.68 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +29% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +29% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $247.82 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $330.43 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $361.90 | ↑ +115% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $363.41 | ↑ +116% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $363.41 | ↑ +116% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $363.41 | ↑ +116% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $363.41 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $381.56 | ↑ +127% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $385.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $393.36 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $393.36 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $393.36 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $393.36 | ↑ +134% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $483.84 | ↑ +187% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $483.84 | ↑ +187% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,474.81 | ↑ +776% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,474.81 | ↑ +776% |
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Mayo cytopathology in situ hybridization urinary tract 3-5 probes each specimen manual at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,054.09 | $34.27 – $1,097.07 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $154.20 | $106.21 – $1,733.75 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $135.88 | $121.75 – $1,668.05 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $243.62 | $178.99 – $425.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $122.48 | $46.75 – $1,267.57 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $97.45 | $148.75 – $1,267.57 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $173.89 | $46.75 – $1,267.57 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $122.48 | $46.75 – $425.00 |