Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at French Hospital

1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452

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

$25.88

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.

$66.00

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.

$0.51 with MHS HSPCC vs $54.29 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.

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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
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $0.51 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.90 ↓ -97%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $0.94 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $1.05 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1.16 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $1.28 ↓ -95%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1.59 ↓ -94%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1.59 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1.76 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1.80 ↓ -93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1.84 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1.87 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1.87 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1.87 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1.87 ↓ -93%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $1.87 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1.87 ↓ -93%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1.87 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1.87 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1.87 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $1.87 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $1.87 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1.87 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $1.87 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.87 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Plans $1.87 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $1.87 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.87 ↓ -93%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $1.87 ↓ -93%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $1.87 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1.87 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $1.87 ↓ -93%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $1.87 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $2.31 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $2.31 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $54.29 ↑ +110%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $54.29 ↑ +110%

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Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $40.77 $3.59 – $29.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $28.25 $0.94 – $46.18
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7.62 $2.39 – $4.40
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $28.79 $0.98 – $1.87
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $3.19 $1.61 – $32.68
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $4.59 $0.42 – $62.40
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $4.92 $0.47 – $79.70
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $4.47 $0.38 – $79.70

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