Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$13,664.76
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.
$31,927.00
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.
$1,618.76 with Partnership Health Plan vs $31,252.32 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 |
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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -88% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -88% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,449.02 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,449.02 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -47% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -47% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7,250.00 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,715.00 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $11,609.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $11,868.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,868.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $11,868.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $13,146.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $17,362.40 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $18,024.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $19,887.84 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $26,177.00 | ↑ +92% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $26,517.12 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $27,779.84 | ↑ +103% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28,095.52 | ↑ +106% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $29,042.56 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $29,358.24 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $30,936.64 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $31,252.32 | ↑ +129% |
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Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,082.99 | $2,449.02 – $13,090.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $12,655.72 | $1,618.76 – $29,882.16 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $11,153.01 | $1,618.76 – $19,361.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $9,349.70 | $1,618.76 – $19,119.58 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $9,262.62 | $6,200.00 – $27,307.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,594.19 | $7,320.30 – $27,307.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $6,769.23 | $8,222.00 – $51,997.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,895.77 | $0.80 – $9,564.24 |