Susceptibility enzyme detection per enzyme 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.

$1.21 with Molina vs $14.40 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
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $1.21 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $1.21 ↓ -93%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $1.21 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1.21 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1.21 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1.21 ↓ -93%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $1.21 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1.49 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1.49 ↓ -92%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $3.51 ↓ -80%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -73%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -73%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|HMO $5.70 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.70 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.70 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.24 ↓ -65%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $6.50 ↓ -63%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7.28 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8.06 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $8.84 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $11.04 ↓ -37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11.05 ↓ -37%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $11.05 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $12.22 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12.48 ↓ -29%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12.74 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $13.00 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.40 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $14.40 ↓ -18%

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Susceptibility enzyme detection per enzyme at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $35.92 $1.83 – $14.82
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $340.68 $4.66 – $23.52
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $19.26 $1.21 – $12.74
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $43.96 $1.21 – $11.65
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $14.70 $1.21 – $13.66
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $14.54 $1.21 – $13.66
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $195.84 $4.75 – $29.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $80.58 $4.75 – $33.71

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