Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$5,082.93
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.
$11,876.00
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.
$1,760.51 with MHS Hospice vs $11,778.70 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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| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,760.51 | ↓ -65% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -64% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,663.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,663.00 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,330.77 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,330.77 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,330.77 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,330.77 | ↓ -34% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,938.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,481.88 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $8,788.58 | ↑ +73% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,860.50 | ↑ +74% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $8,860.50 | ↑ +74% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $8,860.50 | ↑ +74% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,975.84 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $10,925.92 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,638.48 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $11,778.70 | ↑ +132% |
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Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,880.45 | $925.89 – $3,507.42 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,931.78 | $1,330.56 – $4,829.44 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,448.39 | $1,853.28 – $3,330.77 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,432.77 | $1,374.36 – $3,084.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,614.59 | $2,030.33 – $6,312.15 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,218.72 | $1,989.72 – $5,370.12 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,517.92 | $1,563.28 – $3,402.43 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $2,271.15 | $1,197.36 – $2,019.00 |