Amniocentesisdiagnostic 59000 at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$1,151.32
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.
$2,690.00
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.
$65.71 with CenCal vs $7,160.00 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.71 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.71 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.71 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.71 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.41 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.41 | ↓ -91% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $778.90 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,106.36 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,106.36 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,106.36 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,106.36 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,106.36 | ↓ -4% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,106.36 | ↓ -4% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,106.36 | ↓ -4% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,434.95 | ↑ +25% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,643.67 | ↑ +43% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,191.56 | ↑ +90% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,295.92 | ↑ +99% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,322.01 | ↑ +102% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,400.28 | ↑ +108% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,426.37 | ↑ +111% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,556.82 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,582.91 | ↑ +124% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,486.00 | ↑ +290% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,782.00 | ↑ +315% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,343.00 | ↑ +364% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,416.00 | ↑ +370% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +396% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,710.00 | ↑ +396% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,710.00 | ↑ +396% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,515.00 | ↑ +466% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,160.00 | ↑ +522% |
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Amniocentesisdiagnostic 59000 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $360.48 | $99.41 – $1,646.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $433.26 | $94.48 – $805.10 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,965.37 | $65.71 – $1,266.16 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,022.73 | $65.71 – $2,399.04 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $499.74 | $65.71 – $1,106.36 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $494.35 | $65.71 – $1,106.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,280.61 | $1,307.76 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,395.87 | $1,184.62 – $8,018.00 |