Immunoglobulin assay at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$9.93
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.
$25.33
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.
$6.84 with MHS HSPCC vs $37.75 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 | $6.84 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $12.16 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $12.46 | ↑ +25% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $12.46 | ↑ +25% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $12.46 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $12.46 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $12.46 | ↑ +25% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $12.46 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $12.46 | ↑ +25% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $12.46 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $12.46 | ↑ +25% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $12.46 | ↑ +25% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $12.67 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $14.19 | ↑ +43% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.29 | ↑ +44% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.29 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14.95 | ↑ +51% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14.95 | ↑ +51% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.95 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $15.71 | ↑ +58% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.88 | ↑ +60% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.88 | ↑ +60% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.88 | ↑ +60% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.88 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.88 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $17.23 | ↑ +74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $19.53 | ↑ +97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $19.53 | ↑ +97% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $21.54 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $21.54 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $23.82 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $24.32 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $24.83 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $25.33 | ↑ +155% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $25.33 | ↑ +155% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $37.75 | ↑ +280% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $37.75 | ↑ +280% |
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Immunoglobulin assay at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $207.62 | $6.84 – $33.06 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $118.48 | $2.49 – $180.42 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $94.35 | $12.21 – $87.66 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $10.85 | $12.46 – $32.11 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $9.40 | $12.46 – $35.81 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $9.30 | $12.46 – $35.81 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $94.35 | $12.46 – $110.78 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $94.35 | $12.46 – $125.62 |