Biotinidase - quest at Arroyo Grande Hospital
1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937
$12.58
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.
$29.37
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.
$14.69 with Western Growers vs $43.49 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $14.69 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↑ +34% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↑ +34% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↑ +34% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $16.87 | ↑ +34% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $18.51 | ↑ +47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $18.51 | ↑ +47% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $19.35 | ↑ +54% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $19.35 | ↑ +54% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $19.88 | ↑ +58% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $19.88 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.24 | ↑ +61% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $20.24 | ↑ +61% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $20.24 | ↑ +61% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $20.24 | ↑ +61% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $24.68 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $25.85 | ↑ +105% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $27.03 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $28.49 | ↑ +126% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $28.79 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $29.37 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $29.37 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.37 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $29.37 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.07 | ↑ +139% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.07 | ↑ +139% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $43.49 | ↑ +246% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $43.49 | ↑ +246% |
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Biotinidase - quest at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $11.27 | $3.37 – $22.87 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $11.52 | $7.93 – $51.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $8.17 | $11.00 – $48.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $8.08 | $11.00 – $48.50 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $10.85 | $1.90 – $15.20 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6.18 | $3.84 – $18.25 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $22.85 | $13.86 – $28.79 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $10.82 | $6.09 – $19.88 |