Entamoeba histolytica ag eia - sendout 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

$7.67

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.

$19.56

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.

$5.29 with MHS HSPCC vs $36.30 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 $5.29 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.39 ↑ +22%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $9.58 ↑ +25%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $9.58 ↑ +25%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $9.78 ↑ +28%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↑ +32%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↑ +32%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↑ +32%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↑ +32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $10.10 ↑ +32%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10.96 ↑ +43%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11.98 ↑ +56%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↑ +56%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↑ +56%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↑ +56%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↑ +56%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↑ +56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↑ +56%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $11.98 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12.13 ↑ +58%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $12.42 ↑ +62%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $12.42 ↑ +62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $13.31 ↑ +74%
United Commercial|HMO $14.38 ↑ +87%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14.38 ↑ +87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.38 ↑ +87%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.63 ↑ +117%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $16.63 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $18.39 ↑ +140%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $18.78 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19.17 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $19.56 ↑ +155%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $19.56 ↑ +155%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $36.30 ↑ +373%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.30 ↑ +373%

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Entamoeba histolytica ag eia - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $12.83 $2.40 – $22.31
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $60.45 $11.74 – $75.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $8.38 $9.58 – $30.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $13.03 $10.10 – $19.17
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16.33 $9.78 – $34.44
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $16.15 $9.78 – $34.44
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $60.45 $11.98 – $95.77
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $60.45 $11.98 – $108.61

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