Hemolysins and agglutinins incubated at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$113.45
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.
$289.41
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.
$12.11 with United vs $63.49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $12.11 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $12.11 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $12.11 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $12.11 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $12.11 | ↓ -89% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $12.11 | ↓ -89% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $12.11 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $12.11 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $12.11 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $12.11 | ↓ -89% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.88 | ↓ -88% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.88 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.53 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14.53 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14.53 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.18 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.18 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.18 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.18 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.18 | ↓ -87% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $17.15 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.67 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.67 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $30.48 | ↓ -73% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $31.75 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $35.56 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.67 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $36.67 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $39.37 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $43.18 | ↓ -62% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $53.97 | ↓ -52% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $53.97 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $59.69 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $60.96 | ↓ -46% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $62.23 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $63.49 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $63.49 | ↓ -44% |
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Hemolysins and agglutinins incubated at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $448.95 | $12.11 – $49.53 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $123.87 | $12.11 – $62.23 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $49.40 | $10.58 – $62.23 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $17.72 | $8.89 – $63.49 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $26.78 | $12.11 – $32.32 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $34.40 | $12.11 – $77.49 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $75.18 | $12.11 – $122.45 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $118.53 | $12.11 – $190.00 |