Microbe susceptible mlc at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$20.30
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.
$47.41
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.
$16.18 with CenCal vs $103.50 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.18 | ↓ -20% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.18 | ↓ -20% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.18 | ↓ -20% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.18 | ↓ -20% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $23.71 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.48 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.48 | ↑ +21% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $29.87 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $29.87 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $39.83 | ↑ +96% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $40.17 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $40.17 | ↑ +98% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $40.17 | ↑ +98% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $40.17 | ↑ +98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $40.17 | ↑ +98% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $40.17 | ↑ +98% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $40.17 | ↑ +98% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $40.17 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $41.73 | ↑ +106% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $43.62 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $45.99 | ↑ +127% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $46.47 | ↑ +129% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $47.41 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $47.41 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $47.41 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $47.41 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.41 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $47.41 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.41 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $48.20 | ↑ +137% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $103.50 | ↑ +410% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $103.50 | ↑ +410% |
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Microbe susceptible mlc at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $18.59 | $12.81 – $121.67 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $36.89 | $11.28 – $46.47 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $21.34 | $16.18 – $359.69 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $20.39 | $11.86 – $80.90 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $18.54 | $9.49 – $115.22 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $15.46 | $9.49 – $89.58 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $24.04 | $11.28 – $46.47 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $15.79 | $12.33 – $115.22 |