Pulse ox continuous overnight monitoring at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$310.30
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.
$725.00
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.
$168.78 with MHS Hospice vs $717.75 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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| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $168.78 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -36% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -36% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -36% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $362.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $456.75 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $508.84 | ↑ +64% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $609.00 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $638.00 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $645.25 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $667.00 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $674.25 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $681.96 | ↑ +120% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $710.50 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $717.75 | ↑ +131% |
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Pulse ox continuous overnight monitoring at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,115.88 | $173.40 – $283.52 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $509.49 | $197.91 – $728.14 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $312.82 | $198.80 – $782.04 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $329.45 | $198.80 – $710.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $325.90 | $198.80 – $701.52 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $587.52 | $182.70 – $358.30 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $292.74 | $165.49 – $406.32 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $282.08 | $49.40 – $395.20 |