Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,465.90
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.
$3,425.00
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.
$135.14 with CenCal vs $7,160.00 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $135.14 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $135.14 | ↓ -91% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $135.14 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $135.14 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $204.45 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $204.45 | ↓ -86% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $990.67 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -23% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -23% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -23% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,883.75 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,157.75 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,877.00 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,014.00 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,048.25 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,151.00 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,185.25 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,356.50 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,390.75 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,486.00 | ↑ +206% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +264% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +290% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +290% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +290% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,970.00 | ↑ +307% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,515.00 | ↑ +344% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,759.00 | ↑ +361% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +388% |
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Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $222.15 | $164.41 – $388.97 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,074.26 | $135.14 – $4,523.68 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,342.60 | $135.14 – $3,356.50 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $830.67 | $135.14 – $1,791.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $821.72 | $135.14 – $1,768.81 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,411.50 | $135.14 – $1,958.04 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,407.41 | $272.35 – $1,772.82 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,170.60 | $135.14 – $1,066.96 |