Rpl tun-cvad w subq port 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

$6,028.81

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.

$14,086.00

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.

$379.00 with Partnership Health Plan vs $14,008.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $379.00 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $379.00 ↓ -94%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $416.45 ↓ -93%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $416.45 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $466.17 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $466.17 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -34%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -34%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -34%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,343.00 ↓ -11%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $5,876.20 ↓ -3%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,730.92 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,160.00 ↑ +19%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,743.00 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,743.00 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,743.00 ↑ +45%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,974.56 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9,401.92 ↑ +56%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,508.76 ↑ +58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9,646.00 ↑ +60%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,829.28 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9,936.12 ↑ +65%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,470.32 ↑ +74%
United Commercial|HMO $10,577.16 ↑ +75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $14,008.00 ↑ +132%

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Rpl tun-cvad w subq port at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,960.84 $466.17 – $7,477.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,521.72 $379.00 – $10,627.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,390.94 $379.00 – $7,312.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,354.38 $379.00 – $7,220.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,216.68 $4,483.19 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,395.80 $4,061.05 – $17,611.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,209.90 $330.28 – $9,171.12
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $4,023.90 $4,042.00 – $11,377.00

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