Antibody screen rbc 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

$141.91

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.

$362.00

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.

$3.73 with Molina vs $67.89 with United — 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
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $3.73 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $3.73 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $3.73 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $3.73 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $3.73 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $3.73 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $3.73 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $4.59 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $4.59 ↓ -97%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $8.91 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.72 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $11.72 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11.72 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $15.84 ↓ -89%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $16.50 ↓ -88%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $18.48 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $20.46 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $22.44 ↓ -84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $28.05 ↓ -80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $28.05 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.59 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $29.59 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $31.02 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $31.68 ↓ -78%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $32.34 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -77%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $33.00 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -77%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $33.00 ↓ -77%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $57.80 ↓ -59%
United Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -52%

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Antibody screen rbc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $106.88 $5.65 – $78.16
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $78.89 $1.95 – $104.76
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $120.36 $19.54 – $88.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $154.94 $3.73 – $33.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $111.89 $3.73 – $79.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $182.17 $3.65 – $67.89
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $180.20 $3.65 – $67.89
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $201.96 $19.54 – $111.40

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