Warde pancreatic elastase fecal quantitative at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$14.98
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.
$35.00
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.
$17.50 with Western Growers vs $34.65 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $17.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $22.05 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $22.05 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $29.40 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $30.80 | ↑ +106% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $30.80 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $31.15 | ↑ +108% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $32.20 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $32.55 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $34.30 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $34.65 | ↑ +131% |
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Warde pancreatic elastase fecal quantitative at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $15.33 | $9.45 – $27.30 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $31.30 | $4.59 – $48.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $114.24 | $22.51 – $50.51 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $23.31 | $9.06 – $34.30 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $13.72 | $9.45 – $34.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $12.99 | $17.50 – $28.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $12.85 | $17.50 – $34.65 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $114.24 | $22.97 – $63.83 |