Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$373.65
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.
$873.00
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.
$47.95 with Partnership Health Plan vs $9,548.00 with United — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.95 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.95 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $58.98 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $58.98 | ↓ -84% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $76.02 | ↓ -80% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $76.02 | ↓ -80% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $190.98 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -34% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -34% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↓ -34% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $480.15 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $506.34 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $567.45 | ↑ +52% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $733.32 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $785.70 | ↑ +110% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $803.16 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $855.54 | ↑ +129% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,832.00 | ↑ +926% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,244.00 | ↑ +1036% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,339.00 | ↑ +1061% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,930.00 | ↑ +1219% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,933.00 | ↑ +1220% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +1330% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1428% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1428% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +1428% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +1816% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,548.00 | ↑ +2455% |
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Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $276.38 | $51.90 – $517.42 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $415.14 | $268.99 – $274.48 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $203.80 | $47.95 – $299.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $323.01 | $47.95 – $807.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $197.75 | $47.95 – $437.06 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $195.62 | $47.95 – $437.06 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $553.86 | $283.41 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $272.85 | $256.73 – $8,018.00 |