Mayo vitamin k 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

$12.84

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.

$30.00

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.

$13.72 with United vs $35.36 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
United Medicare|All Plans $13.72 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.72 ↑ +7%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.72 ↑ +7%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $13.72 ↑ +7%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $13.72 ↑ +7%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.72 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13.72 ↑ +7%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.72 ↑ +7%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $15.00 ↑ +17%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $15.74 ↑ +23%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $15.74 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16.46 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|HMO $16.46 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16.46 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.46 ↑ +28%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $17.50 ↑ +36%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $17.50 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18.90 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $18.90 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $25.20 ↑ +96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $26.40 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $26.47 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $26.47 ↑ +106%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $27.60 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $29.10 ↑ +127%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $29.40 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.00 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.00 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.00 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.00 ↑ +134%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $35.36 ↑ +175%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.36 ↑ +175%

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Mayo vitamin k at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13.14 $8.10 – $36.41
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $85.76 $2.74 – $132.89
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $112.46 $13.45 – $108.27
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $19.98 $13.72 – $29.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11.76 $8.10 – $41.57
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.13 $13.72 – $39.44
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.01 $13.72 – $39.44
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $112.46 $13.72 – $136.82

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