Blood Clotting (PT/INR) Test 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

$57.24

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.

$146.00

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.

$1.80 with MHS HSPCC vs $13.00 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 $1.80 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.20 ↓ -94%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3.33 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $3.73 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.13 ↓ -93%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4.29 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.29 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.29 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.29 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.29 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.29 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.29 ↓ -93%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $4.29 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.29 ↓ -93%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $4.29 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $4.53 ↓ -92%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $4.92 ↓ -91%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $4.92 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $5.01 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.01 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $5.01 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $5.01 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $5.01 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $5.15 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.15 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.15 ↓ -91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5.67 ↓ -90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5.67 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.16 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.16 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $6.27 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6.40 ↓ -89%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6.53 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $6.66 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $6.66 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $13.00 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.00 ↓ -77%

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Blood Clotting (PT/INR) Test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $144.11 $1.81 – $11.39
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.94 $0.86 – $12.61
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $118.32 $4.20 – $32.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $62.49 $3.33 – $11.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $83.25 $3.62 – $6.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $128.00 $3.33 – $12.33
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $126.62 $3.33 – $12.33
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $163.20 $4.29 – $40.63

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