Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative 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

$11.13

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.

$28.38

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.

$7.67 with MHS HSPCC vs $50.89 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 $7.67 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13.63 ↑ +22%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $14.19 ↑ +27%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $15.90 ↑ +43%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +51%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +51%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +51%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +51%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +51%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +51%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $17.60 ↑ +58%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $19.28 ↑ +73%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $19.28 ↑ +73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $19.30 ↑ +73%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $20.16 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.16 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|HMO $20.16 ↑ +81%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $21.43 ↑ +93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.43 ↑ +93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $21.43 ↑ +93%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $21.43 ↑ +93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $21.43 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $24.13 ↑ +117%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $24.13 ↑ +117%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $26.36 ↑ +137%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $26.36 ↑ +137%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $26.68 ↑ +140%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $27.25 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $27.82 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $28.38 ↑ +155%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $28.38 ↑ +155%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $50.89 ↑ +357%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.89 ↑ +357%

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Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $12.44 $6.75 – $44.58
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.28 $3.36 – $25.22
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $71.71 $16.46 – $137.17
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12.15 $14.19 – $43.29
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $16.64 $13.52 – $24.48
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $12.99 $12.49 – $48.28
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12.85 $12.49 – $48.28
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $71.71 $16.80 – $173.35

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