Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe enterovirus 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

$17.64

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.

$45.00

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.

$12.15 with MHS HSPCC vs $106.29 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 $12.15 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $21.60 ↑ +22%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $22.50 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $25.20 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $27.90 ↑ +58%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $28.07 ↑ +59%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $28.07 ↑ +59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $30.60 ↑ +73%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $31.19 ↑ +77%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $31.19 ↑ +77%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $31.19 ↑ +77%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $31.19 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $31.19 ↑ +77%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +99%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +99%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +99%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +99%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +99%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +99%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +99%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +99%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +99%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $38.25 ↑ +117%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $38.25 ↑ +117%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $38.36 ↑ +117%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $38.36 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $42.11 ↑ +139%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $42.11 ↑ +139%
United Commercial|HMO $42.11 ↑ +139%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $42.30 ↑ +140%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $43.20 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $44.10 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $45.00 ↑ +155%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $45.00 ↑ +155%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $106.29 ↑ +503%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $106.29 ↑ +503%

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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe enterovirus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $19.71 $12.15 – $93.11
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $49.10 $7.02 – $85.36
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $178.50 $34.39 – $280.28
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $19.26 $22.50 – $90.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $29.97 $24.36 – $44.10
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $50.77 $22.50 – $100.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $50.22 $22.50 – $100.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $178.50 $35.09 – $354.21

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