Cal. Code Regs. tit. 10, § 2220.16
(e) It does not provide benefits under either (a) or (b) or (c) above for diagnostic X-rays, laboratory tests and electrocardiograms on an in-patient basis and also on an out-patient basis for preadmission hospital testing when the procedures are performed within 72 hours of admission to the hospital.
A policy or rider which contains the benefits of this section and Section 2220.15 may be subject to a combined deductible not in excess of $100.00, except that if the miscellaneous hospital service benefits are not less than ten times the daily hospital benefit, the combined deductible may be not in excess of $150.00. This section shall not prohibit a miscellaneous hospital services benefit which, in the opinion of the Commissioner is not less than the actuarial equivalent of one of the specified benefits in this section.
Except to the extent provided otherwise in Section 2220.20, a benefit covering miscellaneous hospital services (other than a benefit described in Sections 2220.19 and 2220.22) shall be deemed not sufficient to be of real economic value to the insured if.