Androstanediol at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$38.03
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.
$97.00
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.
$26.19 with MHS HSPCC vs $97.00 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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| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $26.19 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $28.83 | ↓ -24% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $28.83 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $28.83 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $28.83 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $28.83 | ↓ -24% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $28.83 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $28.83 | ↓ -24% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $28.83 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $28.83 | ↓ -24% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $28.83 | ↓ -24% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $33.08 | ↓ -13% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $33.08 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $34.60 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $34.60 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $34.60 | ↓ -9% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.76 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.76 | ↓ -3% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.76 | ↓ -3% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.76 | ↓ -3% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.76 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.21 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.21 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $46.56 | ↑ +22% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $48.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $54.32 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $60.14 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $65.96 | ↑ +73% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $82.45 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $82.45 | ↑ +117% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $87.33 | ↑ +130% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $87.33 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $91.18 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $93.12 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $95.06 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $97.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $97.00 | ↑ +155% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Androstanediol at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $41.52 | $28.83 – $95.06 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $75.47 | $25.63 – $95.06 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $41.71 | $24.25 – $183.80 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $37.93 | $19.40 – $183.80 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $31.63 | $19.40 – $97.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $49.18 | $25.63 – $95.06 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $32.31 | $24.79 – $183.80 |
| St. Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | $56.65 | $25.63 – $95.06 |