Ultrasound transabd ea addl gest at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$720.76
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.
$1,684.00
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.
$119.18 with Partnership Health Plan vs $1,528.56 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.
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 | $119.18 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $119.18 | ↓ -83% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $119.18 | ↓ -83% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $119.18 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $180.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $180.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $382.48 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $382.48 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $382.48 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $531.56 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $712.41 | ↓ -1% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $772.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $972.72 | ↑ +35% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,296.96 | ↑ +80% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,358.72 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,374.16 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,420.48 | ↑ +97% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,435.92 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,513.12 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,528.56 | ↑ +112% |
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Ultrasound transabd ea addl gest at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $655.20 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $180.90 | $111.51 – $322.14 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $655.20 | not published |
| 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 | $478.40 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $478.40 | not published |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $655.20 | not published |