Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$373.22
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.
$872.00
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.
$139.70 with Partnership Health Plan vs $872.00 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 | $139.70 | ↓ -63% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $139.70 | ↓ -63% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $139.70 | ↓ -63% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $139.70 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $211.35 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $211.35 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $388.56 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $388.56 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $388.56 | ↑ +4% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $436.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $549.36 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $696.14 | ↑ +87% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $732.48 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $767.36 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $776.08 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $802.24 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $810.96 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $854.56 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $863.28 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $872.00 | ↑ +134% |
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Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $112.57 | $69.39 – $211.35 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $655.20 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $655.20 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $644.80 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $644.80 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $655.20 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $655.20 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $655.20 | not published |