Perc d-e cor stent ather br at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$14,656.86
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.
$34,245.00
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.
$9,646.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $33,902.55 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $9,646.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $14,008.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,472.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,472.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $14,472.00 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $17,063.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $17,122.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $21,574.35 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $22,864.00 | ↑ +56% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $28,765.80 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $30,135.60 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30,478.05 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $31,505.40 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $31,847.85 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $33,560.10 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $33,902.55 | ↑ +131% |
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Perc d-e cor stent ather br at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $13,045.40 | $8,041.68 – $23,231.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $12,886.61 | $8,875.98 – $32,216.52 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $12,191.74 | $16,610.00 – $32,887.80 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $9,271.80 | $2,699.00 – $13,524.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $11,995.20 | $8,568.00 – $34,272.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $15,482.07 | $1,716.00 – $12,568.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $9,551.04 | $1,200.00 – $16,338.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $16,298.21 | $7,291.52 – $11,279.07 |