Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$74.90
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.
$175.00
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.
$23.88 with CenCal vs $507.02 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -68% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.13 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.13 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $82.02 | ↑ +10% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $82.02 | ↑ +10% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $82.69 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $104.19 | ↑ +39% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $104.19 | ↑ +39% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $133.01 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $137.40 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $137.40 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $137.40 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $138.92 | ↑ +85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $145.54 | ↑ +94% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $152.15 | ↑ +103% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $160.42 | ↑ +114% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $162.08 | ↑ +116% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $165.38 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $165.38 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $165.38 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $165.38 | ↑ +121% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $165.38 | ↑ +121% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $165.38 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $165.38 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $165.38 | ↑ +121% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $165.38 | ↑ +121% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $165.38 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $324.26 | ↑ +333% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +577% |
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Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $207.18 | $36.13 – $368.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $108.93 | $27.47 – $165.87 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $64.83 | $23.88 – $165.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $194.78 | $23.39 – $507.02 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $192.68 | $23.39 – $507.02 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $299.78 | $52.50 – $420.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $154.35 | $23.88 – $525.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $144.00 | $156.02 – $1,062.94 |