Removal devitalized tissue non-selective debridement without anesthesia per session at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$237.54
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.
$555.00
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.
$213.16 with MHS Hospice vs $4,339.00 with Health Net — 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 | $213.16 | ↓ -10% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $229.50 | ↓ -3% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +6% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +6% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $289.17 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $360.75 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $377.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $377.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $377.40 | ↑ +59% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $385.56 | ↑ +62% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $403.92 | ↑ +70% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $408.51 | ↑ +72% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $422.28 | ↑ +78% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $426.87 | ↑ +80% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $449.82 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $454.41 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $459.00 | ↑ +93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $459.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $499.50 | ↑ +110% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,832.00 | ↑ +1513% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,339.00 | ↑ +1727% |
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Removal devitalized tissue non-selective debridement without anesthesia per session at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $175.64 | $90.18 – $453.26 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $168.92 | $39.74 – $234.74 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $365.67 | $270.38 – $275.89 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $153.18 | $51.23 – $194.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $217.56 | $136.35 – $494.90 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $170.29 | $123.93 – $376.38 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $187.17 | $252.47 – $438.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $406.98 | $284.87 – $1,333.00 |