Calcium 24 hour urine 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

$160.72

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.

$410.00

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.

$1.35 with MHS HSPCC vs $18.27 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 $1.35 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.40 ↓ -99%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2.50 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $2.80 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3.10 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $3.40 ↓ -98%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.25 ↓ -97%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4.25 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4.70 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4.80 ↓ -97%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4.90 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $5.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $5.00 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $5.00 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $5.00 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $5.00 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.00 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $5.00 ↓ -97%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $5.00 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $5.00 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $5.00 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.15 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.15 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $18.27 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $18.27 ↓ -89%

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Calcium 24 hour urine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $133.59 $1.91 – $16.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.90 $1.21 – $8.84
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $20.43 $5.91 – $49.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $175.48 $2.50 – $15.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $63.27 $4.93 – $8.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $155.08 $4.17 – $17.33
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $153.41 $4.17 – $17.33
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $187.17 $6.03 – $62.23

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