Sipuleucel-t - su at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$23,882.40
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.
$55,800.00
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.
$25,110.00 with Cigna vs $91,635.23 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25,110.00 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $25,110.00 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $27,900.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $35,154.00 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $46,872.00 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $51,336.00 | ↑ +115% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $51,717.44 | ↑ +117% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $51,717.44 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $53,010.00 | ↑ +122% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $54,684.00 | ↑ +129% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $55,800.00 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $55,800.00 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $55,800.00 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $55,800.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $55,800.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $55,800.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $55,800.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $55,800.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $55,800.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $55,800.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $55,800.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $55,800.00 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $55,800.00 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $55,800.00 | ↑ +134% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $58,541.38 | ↑ +145% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $68,634.00 | ↑ +187% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $68,634.00 | ↑ +187% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $71,084.95 | ↑ +198% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $91,635.23 | ↑ +284% |
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Sipuleucel-t - su at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $86,629.40 | $44,073.10 – $154,271.52 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $100,990.51 | $55,946.00 – $55,946.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $100,990.51 | $55,946.00 – $55,946.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $93,776.90 | $55,946.00 – $55,946.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $93,776.90 | $55,946.00 – $55,946.00 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $100,990.51 | $55,946.00 – $55,946.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $100,990.51 | $55,946.00 – $55,946.00 |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $100,990.51 | $55,946.00 – $55,946.00 |