Assay acid phosphatase at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$4.16
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.
$10.60
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.
$2.87 with MHS HSPCC vs $23.16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $2.87 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5.09 | ↑ +22% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5.30 | ↑ +27% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5.94 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6.58 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $7.21 | ↑ +73% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $7.64 | ↑ +84% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7.64 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7.64 | ↑ +84% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7.64 | ↑ +84% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $7.64 | ↑ +84% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7.64 | ↑ +84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $7.64 | ↑ +84% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $7.64 | ↑ +84% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7.64 | ↑ +84% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $7.64 | ↑ +84% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.76 | ↑ +111% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.76 | ↑ +111% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9.01 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $9.01 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.17 | ↑ +120% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.17 | ↑ +120% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9.17 | ↑ +120% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.41 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.41 | ↑ +126% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.41 | ↑ +126% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.41 | ↑ +126% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.41 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $9.97 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10.18 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10.39 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $10.60 | ↑ +155% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $10.60 | ↑ +155% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $11.57 | ↑ +178% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $11.57 | ↑ +178% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $23.16 | ↑ +457% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.16 | ↑ +457% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assay acid phosphatase at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3.33 | $2.06 – $20.29 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $8.14 | $1.53 – $12.61 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4.54 | $5.30 – $19.70 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $282.39 | $5.74 – $10.39 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3.94 | $5.30 – $21.97 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3.90 | $5.30 – $21.97 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $6.06 | $1.06 – $8.48 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3.12 | $2.23 – $10.60 |