Western blot test at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$47.04
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.
$120.00
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.
$17.03 with Kaiser vs $114.34 with Aetna — 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -64% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -64% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -64% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $19.54 | ↓ -58% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $19.54 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $20.44 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.44 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $20.44 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.72 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.72 | ↓ -54% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.72 | ↓ -54% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.72 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.72 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $26.72 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $26.72 | ↓ -43% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $30.88 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $51.59 | ↑ +10% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $51.59 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $54.89 | ↑ +17% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $57.17 | ↑ +22% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $64.04 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $70.90 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $77.76 | ↑ +65% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $97.19 | ↑ +107% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $97.19 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $107.48 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $109.77 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $112.06 | ↑ +138% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $114.34 | ↑ +143% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $114.34 | ↑ +143% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Western blot test at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $80.60 | $17.03 – $143.52 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $77.62 | $3.41 – $52.38 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $96.90 | $16.69 – $139.04 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $51.36 | $17.03 – $112.06 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $35.25 | $17.03 – $62.06 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $34.87 | $17.03 – $61.29 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $96.90 | $17.03 – $175.71 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $96.90 | $17.03 – $199.26 |