Blood draw capillary 36416 at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$36.46
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.
$93.00
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.
$3.77 with United vs $5,432.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3.77 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.77 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3.77 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9.41 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.41 | ↓ -74% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $16.20 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $28.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $30.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $33.60 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $37.20 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $40.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $51.00 | ↑ +40% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $51.00 | ↑ +40% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $58.80 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +14280% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +14799% |
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Blood draw capillary 36416 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $113.01 | $3.77 – $214.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $23.53 | $13.94 – $32.98 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $19.38 | $5.78 – $5.78 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $35.53 | $3.77 – $81.34 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $35.30 | $13.72 – $51.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2.97 | $3.77 – $8.93 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2.94 | $3.77 – $8.93 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $19.89 | $5.78 – $6,200.00 |