Pr incision & removal foreign body subcutaneous tissues simple at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$639.44
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.
$1,494.00
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.
$59.38 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,160.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.38 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.38 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $73.04 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $73.04 | ↓ -89% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $93.61 | ↓ -85% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $93.61 | ↓ -85% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $389.79 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $507.64 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $507.64 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $507.64 | ↓ -21% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $507.64 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $507.64 | ↓ -21% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $507.64 | ↓ -21% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $507.64 | ↓ -21% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $821.70 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $941.22 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,254.96 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,314.72 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,329.66 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,374.48 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,385.00 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,389.42 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,464.12 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,479.06 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $2,012.00 | ↑ +215% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,832.00 | ↑ +499% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,339.00 | ↑ +579% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +736% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +793% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +793% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +793% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +1020% |
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Pr incision & removal foreign body subcutaneous tissues simple at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $583.08 | $73.04 – $936.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,188.30 | $547.82 – $1,687.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $183.82 | $59.38 – $253.82 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $585.65 | $59.38 – $1,464.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $420.35 | $59.38 – $906.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $415.82 | $59.38 – $658.07 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,554.48 | $577.20 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $979.71 | $522.85 – $8,018.00 |