Radiology port images(s) at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$484.07
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.
$1,131.00
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.
$14.09 with Partnership Health Plan 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.09 | ↓ -97% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.09 | ↓ -97% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.32 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.32 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $90.73 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $90.73 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $90.73 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $237.88 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $318.82 | ↓ -34% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $565.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $712.53 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $950.04 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $995.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,040.52 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,051.83 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,108.38 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,131.00 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,131.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,311.00 | ↑ +2237% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $11,311.00 | ↑ +2237% |
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Radiology port images(s) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $179.58 | $18.35 – $356.70 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $790.50 | $193.75 – $193.75 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $133.19 | $14.09 – $15,595.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $218.88 | $84.62 – $216.94 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $108.67 | $14.09 – $211.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $141.74 | $14.09 – $508.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $110.09 | $14.09 – $197.96 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $262.50 | $33.65 – $142.75 |