Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,790.33
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.
$4,183.00
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.
$830.57 with MHS Hospice vs $9,715.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $830.57 | ↓ -54% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -44% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -44% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,300.65 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,635.29 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,513.72 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,681.04 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,722.87 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,848.36 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,890.19 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,099.34 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,141.17 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,486.00 | ↑ +151% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +219% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +219% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +219% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,970.00 | ↑ +233% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,515.00 | ↑ +264% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,759.00 | ↑ +278% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7,250.00 | ↑ +305% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,715.00 | ↑ +443% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $962.29 | $593.19 – $1,859.28 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $626.92 | $158.01 – $1,164.97 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,577.02 | $696.33 – $2,527.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $857.39 | $623.97 – $1,848.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $848.14 | $245.18 – $1,825.69 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,758.08 | $1,113.06 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,836.95 | $1,008.25 – $8,018.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,647.47 | $952.80 – $4,308.36 |