Trnscath tx thromblytc cath rmv sbsq day 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

$5,836.21

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.

$13,636.00

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.

$119.51 with Partnership Health Plan vs $13,094.73 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $119.51 ↓ -98%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $119.51 ↓ -98%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $119.51 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $119.51 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $180.81 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $180.81 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -31%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -31%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -31%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,970.00 ↑ +2%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,759.00 ↑ +16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,861.00 ↑ +18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7,250.00 ↑ +24%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $7,274.85 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8,333.01 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,743.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,743.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,743.00 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,715.00 ↑ +66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $9,965.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11,110.68 ↑ +90%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11,639.76 ↑ +99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,772.03 ↑ +102%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12,168.84 ↑ +109%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12,301.11 ↑ +111%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,962.46 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|HMO $13,094.73 ↑ +124%

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Trnscath tx thromblytc cath rmv sbsq day at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,682.57 $180.81 – $11,900.46
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,345.32 $119.51 – $12,962.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,615.71 $119.51 – $3,999.21
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,598.29 $119.51 – $3,999.21
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,075.12 $4,316.00 – $8,552.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,473.61 $4,061.05 – $8,925.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,900.90 $0.80 – $1,949.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $6,427.02 $2,741.00 – $4,483.19

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