Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$21.93
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.
$55.93
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.
$7.34 with MHS HSPCC vs $51.12 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 | $7.34 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $13.05 | ↓ -40% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $13.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $15.22 | ↓ -31% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $16.85 | ↓ -23% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $16.87 | ↓ -23% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↓ -23% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $16.87 | ↓ -23% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $16.87 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $18.48 | ↓ -16% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $19.35 | ↓ -12% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $19.35 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $20.24 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $20.24 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.24 | ↓ -8% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.50 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.50 | ↓ -2% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.50 | ↓ -2% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.50 | ↓ -2% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.50 | ↓ -2% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $23.10 | ↑ +5% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $23.10 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $25.54 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $26.09 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $26.45 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $26.45 | ↑ +21% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $26.63 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $27.17 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $27.17 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $51.12 | ↑ +133% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $51.12 | ↑ +133% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $11.91 | $4.28 – $44.78 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $40.69 | $3.37 – $27.16 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $85.17 | $16.53 – $137.06 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $23.94 | $13.59 – $43.49 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $18.10 | $14.71 – $26.63 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20.75 | $13.59 – $48.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $20.53 | $13.59 – $48.50 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $85.17 | $16.87 – $173.21 |