Assay of somatostatin at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$76.05
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.
$194.00
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.
$18.28 with Kaiser vs $170.30 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.
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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $18.28 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $18.28 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $18.28 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $18.28 | ↓ -76% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $18.28 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $18.28 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $18.28 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $18.28 | ↓ -76% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $18.28 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $18.28 | ↓ -76% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.97 | ↓ -72% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.97 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $21.94 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.94 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $21.94 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.31 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.31 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.31 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.31 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.31 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.67 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.67 | ↓ -62% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $45.99 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $55.36 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $55.36 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $81.75 | ↑ +7% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $85.15 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $95.37 | ↑ +25% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $105.59 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $115.81 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $123.81 | ↑ +63% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $144.76 | ↑ +90% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $144.76 | ↑ +90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $160.09 | ↑ +111% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $163.49 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $166.90 | ↑ +119% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $170.30 | ↑ +124% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assay of somatostatin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $20.03 | $3.66 – $31.04 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $83.04 | $18.28 – $166.90 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $132.50 | $16.25 – $166.90 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $47.52 | $18.28 – $170.30 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $61.99 | $18.28 – $139.65 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $86.35 | $16.25 – $166.90 |
| St. Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | $99.46 | $16.25 – $166.90 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $17.91 – $144.43 |