Trnscath retrv pq vasc fb w/guide at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$4,523.96
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.
$10,570.00
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.
$290.94 with Partnership Health Plan vs $12,466.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $290.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $290.94 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $319.73 | ↓ -93% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $319.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $357.86 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $357.86 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -12% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -12% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -12% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,813.50 | ↑ +29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,004.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,659.10 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $8,719.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,743.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $8,743.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $8,743.00 | ↑ +93% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,878.80 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,301.60 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $9,303.00 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,407.30 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $9,724.40 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,830.10 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,358.60 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,464.30 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,466.00 | ↑ +176% |
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Trnscath retrv pq vasc fb w/guide at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,271.43 | $357.86 – $7,477.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,143.44 | $290.94 – $10,358.60 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,476.27 | $290.94 – $7,014.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,438.79 | $290.94 – $6,926.72 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,809.01 | $4,483.19 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,670.98 | $4,061.05 – $17,611.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,493.69 | $0.80 – $4,113.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $10,032.21 | $2,995.00 – $11,377.00 |