Mayo a1app alpha 1 antitrypsin phenotype 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

$9.93

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.

$25.33

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.

$2.97 with MHS HSPCC vs $43.80 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 $2.97 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.28 ↓ -47%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $5.50 ↓ -45%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6.16 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6.82 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $7.48 ↓ -25%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9.35 ↓ -6%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9.35 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $10.34 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10.56 ↑ +6%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10.78 ↑ +9%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +11%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +11%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +11%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $11.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $11.00 ↑ +11%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $11.00 ↑ +11%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $11.00 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.00 ↑ +11%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|HMO $11.00 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11.00 ↑ +11%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $11.00 ↑ +11%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +11%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $11.00 ↑ +11%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $11.00 ↑ +11%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $11.00 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $13.53 ↑ +36%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $13.53 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $43.80 ↑ +341%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $43.80 ↑ +341%

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Mayo a1app alpha 1 antitrypsin phenotype at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.14 $2.89 – $21.22
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $61.58 $14.17 – $117.99
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10.85 $5.50 – $37.26
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $16.87 $11.91 – $21.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6.82 $5.50 – $41.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6.74 $5.50 – $41.56
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $61.58 $14.46 – $149.11
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $61.58 $14.46 – $169.10

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