Rmvl subq card rhythm mntr 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

$2,054.83

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.

$4,801.00

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.

$115.41 with CenCal vs $12,322.00 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.

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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
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $115.41 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $115.41 ↓ -94%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $115.41 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $115.41 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $174.60 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $174.60 ↓ -92%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $744.19 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -56%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -56%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -56%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,400.50 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,024.63 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,032.84 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,224.88 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,272.89 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,416.92 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,464.93 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,704.98 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $4,752.99 ↑ +131%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,782.00 ↑ +133%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,416.00 ↑ +164%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,710.00 ↑ +178%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,710.00 ↑ +178%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,710.00 ↑ +178%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,250.00 ↑ +253%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,484.00 ↑ +313%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,715.00 ↑ +373%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $12,322.00 ↑ +500%

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Rmvl subq card rhythm mntr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,181.29 $174.60 – $2,103.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,920.02 $115.41 – $4,800.04
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $909.80 $115.41 – $1,958.41
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,226.66 $1,005.45 – $10,575.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,579.98 $910.78 – $11,036.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,840.08 $3,331.00 – $20,799.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,199.31 $115.41 – $9,140.88
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,424.54 $985.34 – $4,233.00

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