Radiation treatment aid(s) at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$405.75
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.
$948.00
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.
$65.60 with CenCal vs $11,311.00 with Cigna — 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.60 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.60 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.60 | ↓ -84% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.60 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.25 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.25 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $107.45 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $107.45 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $107.45 | ↓ -74% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $154.43 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -58% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -58% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -58% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $474.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $597.24 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $785.11 | ↑ +93% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $796.32 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $834.24 | ↑ +106% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $872.16 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $881.64 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $929.04 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $948.00 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $948.00 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $948.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,311.00 | ↑ +2688% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $11,311.00 | ↑ +2688% |
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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $257.99 | $56.62 – $512.43 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,285.71 | $190.84 – $563.88 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $592.11 | $172.87 – $639.44 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $386.03 | $54.65 – $1,313.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $911.88 | $187.03 – $479.73 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $530.88 | $100.19 – $319.81 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $278.62 | $65.60 – $541.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $539.03 | $25.11 – $1,932.00 |