Fluorescent antibody titer dna 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

$98.00

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.

$250.00

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.

$3.24 with MHS HSPCC vs $36.49 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 $3.24 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.76 ↓ -94%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6.72 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.44 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $8.16 ↓ -92%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10.20 ↓ -90%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10.20 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $11.28 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11.52 ↓ -88%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11.76 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -88%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -88%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $12.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $12.00 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $12.00 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $12.00 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.00 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $12.00 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.00 ↓ -88%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $12.00 ↓ -88%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $12.00 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $12.00 ↓ -88%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $12.00 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $14.76 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $14.76 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $36.49 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.49 ↓ -63%

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Fluorescent antibody titer dna at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $109.50 $2.82 – $31.96
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $501.32 $2.05 – $17.14
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $25.50 $11.81 – $98.43
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $107.00 $6.00 – $31.04
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $9.99 $3.11 – $12.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $92.75 $6.00 – $34.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $91.75 $6.00 – $34.62
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $25.50 $12.05 – $124.39

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