Oncology prostate prob score at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$269.64
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.
$630.00
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.
$315.00 with Western Growers vs $1,958.22 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $315.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $396.90 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $529.20 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $579.60 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $611.10 | ↑ +127% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $617.40 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $630.00 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $912.00 | ↑ +238% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,958.22 | ↑ +626% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,958.22 | ↑ +626% |
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Oncology prostate prob score at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $512.82 | $416.81 – $760.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $246.96 | $170.10 – $2,302.04 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $744.80 – $2,872.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $760.00 – $3,629.70 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $760.00 – $6,860.22 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $760.00 – $1,714.11 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $6,876.25 – $6,876.25 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $744.80 – $3,088.00 |