Sclerotherapy fluid collection pq w/img at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,272.02
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.
$2,972.00
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.
$744.19 with MHS Hospice vs $7,160.00 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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| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $744.19 | ↓ -41% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $920.70 | ↓ -28% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $920.70 | ↓ -28% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $920.70 | ↓ -28% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $920.70 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,392.93 | ↑ +10% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,392.93 | ↑ +10% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,556.50 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,782.90 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +62% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +62% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +62% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +62% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +62% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,377.20 | ↑ +87% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,490.40 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,518.70 | ↑ +98% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,603.60 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,631.90 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,773.40 | ↑ +118% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,801.70 | ↑ +120% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,486.00 | ↑ +253% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,782.00 | ↑ +276% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +320% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,416.00 | ↑ +326% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,515.00 | ↑ +412% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,857.00 | ↑ +439% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,857.00 | ↑ +439% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,857.00 | ↑ +439% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +463% |
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Sclerotherapy fluid collection pq w/img at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,970.57 | $819.99 – $3,763.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,165.03 | $601.56 – $2,183.44 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,657.76 | $920.70 – $3,796.80 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,056.54 | $2,238.00 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,896.16 | $1,805.60 – $5,171.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,478.98 | $456.24 – $1,901.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,052.15 | $801.49 – $2,043.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,525.95 | $920.70 – $6,967.32 |