Cystine urine quantitative at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$56.35
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.
$143.75
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.
$11.11 with MHS HSPCC vs $69.62 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.
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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| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $11.11 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $19.75 | ↓ -65% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $20.57 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $22.98 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $22.98 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $22.98 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $22.98 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $22.98 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $22.98 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $22.98 | ↓ -59% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $22.98 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $22.98 | ↓ -59% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $22.98 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $23.04 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $25.51 | ↓ -55% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $26.34 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $26.34 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $26.34 | ↓ -53% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $26.34 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.34 | ↓ -53% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $26.34 | ↓ -53% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $26.34 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $27.58 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.58 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $27.58 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $27.98 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $32.40 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $32.40 | ↓ -43% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $34.97 | ↓ -38% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $34.97 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $38.68 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $39.50 | ↓ -30% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $40.32 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $41.14 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $41.14 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $69.62 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $69.62 | ↑ +24% |
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Cystine urine quantitative at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $40.06 | $4.60 – $39.77 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $61.53 | $20.57 – $59.22 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $39.89 | $22.98 – $58.69 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $22.22 | $20.57 – $66.05 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $21.98 | $20.57 – $66.05 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $34.20 | $4.12 – $32.92 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $17.61 | $8.64 – $41.14 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $46.59 | $18.36 – $40.32 |