Chromosome analysis 100 at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$188.75
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.
$441.00
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.
$173.17 with BCBS - Anthem vs $446.19 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $173.17 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $173.17 | ↓ -8% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $173.17 | ↓ -8% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $173.17 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $173.17 | ↓ -8% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $173.17 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $173.17 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $173.17 | ↓ -8% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $198.71 | ↑ +5% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $198.71 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $207.80 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $207.80 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $207.80 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $207.80 | ↑ +10% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $220.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $220.80 | ↑ +17% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $220.80 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $277.83 | ↑ +47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $334.04 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $334.04 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $370.44 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $405.72 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $427.77 | ↑ +127% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $432.18 | ↑ +129% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $441.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $441.00 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $441.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $441.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $446.19 | ↑ +136% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $446.19 | ↑ +136% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Chromosome analysis 100 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $172.88 | $119.07 – $524.53 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $169.71 – $1,407.28 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $173.17 – $1,778.46 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $173.17 – $2,016.78 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $173.17 – $804.52 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $2,021.49 – $2,021.49 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $169.71 – $1,513.04 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $147.19 – $346.34 |