Peng benzathine/procaine inj at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$225.13
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.
$526.00
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.
$7.49 with BCBS - Anthem vs $468.44 with MultiPlan — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7.49 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10.05 | ↓ -96% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $13.19 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.50 | ↓ -93% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.50 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $19.44 | ↓ -91% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $22.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $22.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $22.07 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $22.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $22.07 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $22.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $22.07 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28.66 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $28.66 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $29.01 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $31.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $31.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $33.03 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $33.03 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $57.37 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $65.15 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $215.10 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $215.10 | ↓ -4% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $239.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $301.14 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $401.52 | ↑ +78% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $439.76 | ↑ +95% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $468.44 | ↑ +108% |
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Peng benzathine/procaine inj at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $216.81 | $4.52 – $112.32 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $793.40 | $308.19 – $1,167.47 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $206.20 | $16.50 – $468.44 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $243.38 | $12.88 – $524.80 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $752.06 | $4.57 – $37.35 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $752.06 | $5.46 – $37.35 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $287.22 | $23.20 – $402.40 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $752.05 | $5.47 – $34.74 |