Clotting assay whole blood at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$39.99
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.
$102.00
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.
$17.73 with CenCal vs $67.00 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.73 | ↓ -56% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.73 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.73 | ↓ -56% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.73 | ↓ -56% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.73 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.73 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.73 | ↓ -56% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $18.09 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.81 | ↓ -45% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.81 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $23.87 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.87 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $23.87 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $32.16 | ↓ -20% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $33.50 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $37.52 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $41.54 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $45.56 | ↑ +14% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $56.95 | ↑ +42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $56.95 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $59.74 | ↑ +49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $59.74 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $62.98 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $64.32 | ↑ +61% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $65.66 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $67.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $67.00 | ↑ +68% |
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Clotting assay whole blood at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $43.66 | $17.73 – $67.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $144.90 | $17.73 – $273.70 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $275.23 | $17.73 – $494.90 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $165.50 | $17.73 – $501.32 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $131.68 | $17.73 – $483.20 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $234.96 | $17.73 – $495.28 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $165.50 | $17.73 – $604.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $173.96 | $17.73 – $501.32 |