Rmvl pq iabp at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$636.44
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.
$1,487.00
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.
$30.77 with Partnership Health Plan vs $16,097.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 | $30.77 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.77 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.85 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.85 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.48 | ↓ -92% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.48 | ↓ -92% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $743.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $936.81 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,249.08 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,308.56 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,323.43 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,368.04 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,382.91 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,457.26 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,472.13 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +797% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +797% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +797% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $9,303.00 | ↑ +1362% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,084.00 | ↑ +1642% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,466.00 | ↑ +1859% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $16,097.00 | ↑ +2429% |
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Rmvl pq iabp at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,260.57 | $37.85 – $2,244.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $582.52 | $30.77 – $1,456.28 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,016.23 | $30.77 – $2,741.31 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,012.97 | $7,745.00 – $32,162.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,367.93 | $9,008.00 – $31,625.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,664.64 | $3,982.87 – $3,982.87 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $782.04 | $30.77 – $2,234.40 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,188.41 | $5,318.00 – $20,488.00 |