Scan duplex aorta/ivc/iliac unilateral/limited 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

$627.88

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.

$1,467.00

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.

$91.03 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,044.00 with United — 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 $91.03 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $91.03 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $111.97 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $111.97 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -78%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -78%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -78%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $136.73 ↓ -78%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $144.31 ↓ -77%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $144.31 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $511.83 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $511.83 ↓ -18%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $733.50 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $907.83 ↑ +45%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,210.44 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,290.96 ↑ +106%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,325.72 ↑ +111%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,353.22 ↑ +116%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,412.18 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,467.00 ↑ +134%
United Commercial|HMO $6,732.00 ↑ +972%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,840.00 ↑ +989%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7,044.00 ↑ +1022%

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Scan duplex aorta/ivc/iliac unilateral/limited at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $797.16 $111.97 – $1,419.60
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $313.30 $21.27 – $501.49
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,090.89 $140.89 – $754.01
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,755.91 $62.61 – $237.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $585.26 $91.03 – $601.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $394.75 $91.03 – $851.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $390.49 $91.03 – $840.56
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $934.32 $134.46 – $1,080.57

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