Mayo infectious disease hepatitis c chronic six biochemical assays 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

$139.52

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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.

$325.97

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.

$57.75 with Partnership Health Plan vs $293.75 with Aetna — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $57.75 ↓ -59%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $57.75 ↓ -59%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $57.75 ↓ -59%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $57.75 ↓ -59%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $72.19 ↓ -48%
United Medicare|All Plans $72.19 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $72.19 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $72.19 ↓ -48%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $72.19 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $72.19 ↓ -48%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $72.19 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $72.19 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $86.63 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $86.63 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|HMO $86.63 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|Options PPO $86.63 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $87.37 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $87.37 ↓ -37%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $146.88 ↑ +5%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $185.07 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $185.99 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $185.99 ↑ +33%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $246.75 ↑ +77%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $270.25 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $284.94 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $287.88 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $293.75 ↑ +111%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $293.75 ↑ +111%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $293.75 ↑ +111%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $293.75 ↑ +111%

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Mayo infectious disease hepatitis c chronic six biochemical assays at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $53.30 $14.44 – $95.29
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $147.26 $70.75 – $350.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $127.79 $57.75 – $287.88
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $147.26 $72.19 – $443.24
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $147.26 $72.19 – $837.76
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $147.26 $839.72 – $839.72
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $147.26 $70.75 – $377.09
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $138.60 $23.23 – $144.38

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