Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$6.73
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.
$17.16
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.
$4.46 with MHS HSPCC vs $48.70 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 | $4.46 | ↓ -34% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.99 | ↑ +4% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.99 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.99 | ↑ +4% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.99 | ↑ +4% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.99 | ↑ +4% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.99 | ↑ +4% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.99 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7.92 | ↑ +18% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $8.25 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.60 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.60 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9.24 | ↑ +37% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $10.23 | ↑ +52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $11.22 | ↑ +67% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $14.03 | ↑ +108% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $14.03 | ↑ +108% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $15.51 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $15.84 | ↑ +135% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $16.07 | ↑ +139% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $16.07 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $16.07 | ↑ +139% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $16.07 | ↑ +139% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $16.07 | ↑ +139% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $16.07 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $16.07 | ↑ +139% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $16.07 | ↑ +139% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $16.07 | ↑ +139% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $16.07 | ↑ +139% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $16.17 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $16.50 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $16.50 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $16.50 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16.50 | ↑ +145% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $16.50 | ↑ +145% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $48.70 | ↑ +624% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.70 | ↑ +624% |
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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $63.08 | $4.46 – $42.66 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $13.95 | $3.21 – $24.25 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $284.58 | $15.75 – $73.37 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $32.53 | $6.99 – $41.42 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $31.36 | $6.99 – $16.17 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $26.72 | $6.84 – $46.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $24.08 | $6.84 – $46.20 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $140.76 | $16.07 – $92.72 |