Ob Ultrasound nuchal meas 1 gest at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$272.64
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.
$637.00
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.
$108.60 with Partnership Health Plan vs $531.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $108.60 | ↓ -60% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $108.60 | ↓ -60% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $108.91 | ↓ -60% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $108.91 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -50% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -50% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -50% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $136.73 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $164.30 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $164.30 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -10% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $265.50 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $334.53 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $424.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $424.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $424.18 | ↑ +56% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $446.04 | ↑ +64% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $488.52 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $511.83 | ↑ +88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $511.83 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $515.07 | ↑ +89% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $520.38 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $531.00 | ↑ +95% |
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Ob Ultrasound nuchal meas 1 gest at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $514.96 | $21.27 – $636.32 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $218.74 | $108.60 – $601.70 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $679.83 | $134.46 – $592.90 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $424.32 | $145.47 – $444.81 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $378.72 | $114.29 – $248.76 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $134.60 | $41.52 – $173.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $277.05 | $108.60 – $993.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $197.88 | $97.74 – $543.00 |