Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system at Arroyo Grande Hospital

1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$10,771.05

Cash price

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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.

$25,166.00

Gross charge

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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.

$289.65 with Partnership Health Plan vs $25,564.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $289.65 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $289.65 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $289.79 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $289.79 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $438.21 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $438.21 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,004.00 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,250.00 ↓ -33%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $8,719.00 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,743.00 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,743.00 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,743.00 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,715.00 ↓ -10%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $12,583.00 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↑ +23%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↑ +23%
United Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↑ +23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↑ +23%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $15,854.58 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21,139.44 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $22,146.08 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $22,397.74 ↑ +108%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $22,577.00 ↑ +110%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $23,152.72 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23,404.38 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24,662.68 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $24,914.34 ↑ +131%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $25,564.00 ↑ +137%

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Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13,385.72 $438.21 – $25,925.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $10,062.25 $289.65 – $25,155.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10,561.53 $289.65 – $22,734.62
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $28,650.27 $6,200.00 – $62,607.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $11,737.14 $7,809.00 – $62,607.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $18,866.94 $8,005.00 – $62,607.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8,697.41 $289.65 – $24,849.72
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $15,399.45 $2,995.00 – $20,488.00

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