Tx atrial fib pulm vein isol 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

$30,782.62

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.

$71,922.00

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.

$1,010.36 with Partnership Health Plan vs $71,922.00 with Cigna — 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 $1,010.36 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1,010.36 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $1,116.69 ↓ -96%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $1,116.69 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,242.74 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,242.74 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13,393.00 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16,554.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16,554.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16,554.00 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $19,451.00 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $23,796.00 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $31,170.74 ↑ +1%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $31,170.74 ↑ +1%
United Medicare|All Plans $31,170.74 ↑ +1%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $31,170.74 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $31,170.74 ↑ +1%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $31,170.74 ↑ +1%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $31,170.74 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $31,887.00 ↑ +4%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $35,173.00 ↑ +14%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $35,961.00 ↑ +17%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $39,829.00 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $45,310.86 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $60,414.48 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $63,291.36 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $64,010.58 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $66,168.24 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Options PPO $66,887.46 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $70,483.56 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|HMO $71,202.78 ↑ +131%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $71,922.00 ↑ +134%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $71,922.00 ↑ +134%

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Tx atrial fib pulm vein isol at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $23,030.48 $1,242.74 – $58,938.04
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $39,104.80 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $39,104.80 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $17,732.00 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $17,732.00 not published
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $39,104.80 not published
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $39,104.80 not published
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $39,104.80 not published

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