Vein x-ray liver without hemodyn at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$3,085.46
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.
$7,209.00
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.
$955.58 with Aetna vs $13,457.70 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.
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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| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $955.58 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $955.58 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $955.58 | ↓ -69% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,604.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +30% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +30% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,541.67 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,178.09 | ↑ +68% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,055.56 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,438.74 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,438.74 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,438.74 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,438.74 | ↑ +109% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,632.28 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,939.82 | ↑ +125% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,064.82 | ↑ +129% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,457.70 | ↑ +336% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $13,457.70 | ↑ +336% |
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Vein x-ray liver without hemodyn at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,141.43 | $503.54 – $13,858.31 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $8,853.60 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $8,853.60 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $7,056.40 | $2,856.00 – $2,856.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $7,056.40 | $2,856.00 – $2,856.00 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $8,853.60 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $8,853.60 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $8,853.60 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |