Rmvl sq defib electrode at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$3,867.84
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.
$9,037.00
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.
$316.08 with CenCal 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.
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 | $316.08 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $316.08 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $316.08 | ↓ -92% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $316.08 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $478.20 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $478.20 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,385.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $2,012.00 | ↓ -48% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $3,640.37 | ↓ -6% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,518.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,624.09 | ↑ +20% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $4,624.09 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,624.09 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,624.09 | ↑ +20% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,624.09 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,624.09 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4,624.09 | ↑ +20% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,693.31 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,591.08 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $7,952.56 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,042.93 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,314.04 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8,404.41 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $8,743.00 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $8,743.00 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,743.00 | ↑ +126% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,856.26 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8,946.63 | ↑ +131% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $11,609.00 | ↑ +200% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $12,414.00 | ↑ +221% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $13,146.00 | ↑ +240% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $16,635.00 | ↑ +330% |
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Rmvl sq defib electrode at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,274.49 | $478.20 – $8,410.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,439.02 | $316.08 – $8,597.54 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,744.72 | $316.08 – $4,624.09 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,106.41 | $316.08 – $8,875.44 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,194.08 | $1,597.00 – $8,891.76 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $4,686.50 | $316.08 – $9,009.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,053.80 | $353.00 – $8,891.76 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $3,580.67 | $316.08 – $16,704.90 |