Trnscath plc vas stent w/s&i ini vein 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

$18,613.30

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.

$43,489.00

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.

$275.13 with CenCal vs $43,054.11 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
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $275.13 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $275.13 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $275.13 ↓ -99%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $275.13 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $416.24 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $416.24 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,484.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,743.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,743.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,743.00 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $12,322.00 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $12,414.00 ↓ -33%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↓ -23%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↓ -23%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16,635.00 ↓ -11%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $21,744.50 ↑ +17%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $22,577.00 ↑ +21%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $25,564.00 ↑ +37%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $27,398.07 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $36,530.76 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $38,270.32 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $38,705.21 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $40,009.88 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40,444.77 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $42,619.22 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $43,054.11 ↑ +131%

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Trnscath plc vas stent w/s&i ini vein at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $11,215.43 $416.24 – $26,644.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17,559.25 $275.13 – $42,619.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13,449.50 $275.13 – $29,001.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $13,304.49 $275.13 – $28,639.08
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $13,876.59 $9,256.00 – $62,607.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $13,544.07 $11,036.00 – $62,607.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $11,488.64 $275.13 – $32,824.68
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $14,819.58 $4,233.00 – $20,488.00

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