Rmvl icd by tv extr 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

$3,331.98

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.

$7,785.00

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.

$626.73 with Partnership Health Plan vs $16,635.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $626.73 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $626.73 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $770.88 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $770.88 ↓ -77%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $987.96 ↓ -70%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $987.96 ↓ -70%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $3,640.37 ↑ +9%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3,892.50 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +39%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +39%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +39%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +39%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +39%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +39%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,904.55 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,539.40 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,850.80 ↑ +106%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,861.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,928.65 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7,162.20 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7,240.05 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,629.30 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $7,707.15 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $9,965.00 ↑ +199%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,997.00 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,997.00 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $9,997.00 ↑ +200%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $11,609.00 ↑ +248%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $12,414.00 ↑ +273%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $13,146.00 ↑ +295%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16,635.00 ↑ +399%

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Rmvl icd by tv extr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,382.72 $770.88 – $8,410.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,105.04 $626.73 – $7,762.58
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,374.49 $626.73 – $5,111.30
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,701.29 $5,305.96 – $27,307.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,715.28 $4,806.35 – $27,307.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,681.39 $626.73 – $5,163.44
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,202.00 $3,423.00 – $11,377.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,503.68 $4,085.40 – $8,891.76

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