Mayo pqnu porphobilinogen urine quantitative 24 hour urine at Arroyo Grande Hospital

1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$11.99

Cash price

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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.

$28.00

Gross charge

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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.

$8.44 with Kaiser vs $26.00 with Aetna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.44 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.44 ↓ -30%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.44 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.44 ↓ -30%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $8.44 ↓ -30%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.44 ↓ -30%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $8.44 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.44 ↓ -30%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $9.68 ↓ -19%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $9.68 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.13 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|HMO $10.13 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10.13 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10.13 ↓ -16%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $10.76 ↓ -10%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $10.76 ↓ -10%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $13.00 ↑ +8%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $16.27 ↑ +36%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $16.27 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $16.38 ↑ +37%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.38 ↑ +37%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $21.76 ↑ +81%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.76 ↑ +81%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.84 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $22.88 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $23.92 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $25.22 ↑ +110%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $25.48 ↑ +113%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.00 ↑ +117%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $26.00 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.00 ↑ +117%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $26.00 ↑ +117%

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Mayo pqnu porphobilinogen urine quantitative 24 hour urine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $12.27 $7.02 – $22.41
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7.51 $1.69 – $12.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $31.75 $8.27 – $68.97
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $18.65 $8.44 – $27.44
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $10.98 $7.02 – $25.58
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.39 $5.00 – $24.27
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10.28 $5.00 – $24.27
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $31.75 $8.44 – $87.16

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