Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$173.73
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.
$443.17
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.
$24.95 with MHS HSPCC vs $129.78 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 | $24.95 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $42.84 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $42.84 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $42.84 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $42.84 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $42.84 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $42.84 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $42.84 | ↓ -75% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $42.84 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $42.84 | ↓ -75% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $42.84 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $44.36 | ↓ -74% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $46.20 | ↓ -73% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.16 | ↓ -72% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.16 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $51.41 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $51.41 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $51.41 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $51.75 | ↓ -70% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $54.62 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $54.62 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $54.62 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $54.62 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $54.62 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $57.29 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $62.84 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.18 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.18 | ↓ -61% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $78.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $78.54 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $86.86 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $88.71 | ↓ -49% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $90.56 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $92.40 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $92.40 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $129.78 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $129.78 | ↓ -25% |
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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $40.48 | $24.95 – $113.68 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $18.41 | $8.57 – $62.83 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $174.42 | $41.98 – $211.20 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $189.68 | $42.84 – $110.40 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $111.89 | $42.84 – $90.56 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $34.29 | $42.84 – $123.12 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $33.92 | $42.84 – $123.12 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $174.42 | $42.84 – $266.90 |