Calprotectin fecal 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

$15.68

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.

$40.00

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.

$10.80 with MHS HSPCC vs $59.46 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 $10.80 ↓ -31%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $15.70 ↑ +0%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $15.70 ↑ +0%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $17.45 ↑ +11%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $17.45 ↑ +11%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $17.45 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $17.45 ↑ +11%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $17.45 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19.20 ↑ +22%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +25%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +25%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +25%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +25%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +25%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +25%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $20.00 ↑ +28%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $21.46 ↑ +37%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $21.46 ↑ +37%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $22.40 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|HMO $23.56 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.56 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $23.56 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $24.80 ↑ +58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $27.20 ↑ +73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +117%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $37.60 ↑ +140%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $38.40 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $39.20 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $40.00 ↑ +155%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $40.00 ↑ +155%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $59.46 ↑ +279%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $59.46 ↑ +279%

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Calprotectin fecal at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17.52 $10.80 – $52.09
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $159.00 $3.93 – $246.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $89.25 $19.24 – $160.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $17.12 $15.70 – $50.58
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $26.64 $17.45 – $39.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $14.84 $10.69 – $56.41
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $14.68 $10.69 – $56.41
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $89.25 $19.63 – $202.45

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