Place slctv cath vertebral art uni at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$12,327.26
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.
$28,802.00
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.
$281.46 with Partnership Health Plan vs $14,936.13 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $281.46 | ↓ -98% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $281.46 | ↓ -98% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $281.46 | ↓ -98% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $281.46 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $425.83 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $425.83 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,486.00 | ↓ -64% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $5,607.17 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,515.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -44% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -44% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $8,297.85 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,743.00 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $8,743.00 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $8,743.00 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $9,303.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9,504.81 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $11,609.00 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,466.00 | ↑ +1% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12,673.08 | ↑ +3% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $13,146.00 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $13,276.56 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,427.43 | ↑ +9% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $13,880.04 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,030.91 | ↑ +14% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $14,785.26 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14,936.13 | ↑ +21% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,662.91 | $425.83 – $12,900.80 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $11,290.39 | $281.46 – $14,785.26 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $6,059.92 | $281.46 – $13,067.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $8,947.10 | $281.46 – $12,903.86 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $10,190.93 | $281.46 – $14,484.12 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,728.54 | $2,238.00 – $15,575.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $9,890.40 | $5,171.00 – $13,240.19 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $15,455.75 | $518.58 – $12,980.10 |