Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$79.19
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.
$202.00
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.
$2.03 with MHS HSPCC vs $15.01 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 | $2.03 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3.75 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4.20 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4.95 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4.95 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $4.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4.95 | ↓ -94% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $4.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $5.10 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.68 | ↓ -93% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.77 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.77 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.77 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.77 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.77 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5.94 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5.94 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6.38 | ↓ -92% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6.38 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7.05 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.10 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.10 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7.20 | ↓ -91% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7.35 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7.50 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7.50 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $15.01 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.01 | ↓ -81% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $75.34 | $2.03 – $13.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $24.41 | $0.99 – $11.64 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $109.14 | $4.85 – $40.45 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $86.46 | $3.75 – $12.76 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $51.29 | $4.95 – $11.76 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $76.43 | $3.54 – $14.24 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $75.61 | $3.54 – $14.24 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $167.28 | $4.95 – $51.12 |