Perq clsr tcat l atr apndge at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$11,014.16
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$25,734.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$678.70 with Partnership Health Plan vs $25,476.66 with United — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $678.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $678.70 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $678.70 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $678.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,026.80 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,026.80 | ↓ -91% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $12,867.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $13,050.00 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $13,961.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $16,212.42 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $16,569.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16,569.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $16,569.00 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $18,708.00 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $18,952.00 | ↑ +72% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $21,616.56 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $22,645.92 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,903.26 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $23,675.28 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $23,932.62 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $25,219.32 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $25,476.66 | ↑ +131% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Perq clsr tcat l atr apndge at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $9,571.18 | $1,026.80 – $17,044.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $10,087.73 | $678.70 – $25,219.32 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $8,215.67 | $678.70 – $22,162.14 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,637.05 | $678.70 – $18,963.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $11,608.62 | $6,511.00 – $11,377.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $5,121.60 | $7,883.00 – $15,041.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $12,279.66 | $678.70 – $23,605.56 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $22,521.44 | $678.70 – $80,722.00 |