Apheresis plasma at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,511.95
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.
$3,857.00
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.
$1,041.39 with MHS HSPCC vs $6,120.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 | $1,041.39 | ↓ -31% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,121.46 | ↓ -26% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,121.46 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,121.46 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,121.46 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,121.46 | ↓ -26% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,232.44 | ↓ -18% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,232.44 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,379.40 | ↓ -9% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,379.40 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,380.00 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,430.00 | ↓ -5% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,546.39 | ↑ +2% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,121.35 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2,159.92 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,391.34 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,278.45 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,278.45 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,548.44 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,779.86 | ↑ +150% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,152.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,567.00 | ↑ +202% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,906.00 | ↑ +224% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,120.00 | ↑ +305% |
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Apheresis plasma at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,230.31 | $1,121.46 – $5,106.78 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $949.39 | $1,121.46 – $2,559.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $986.13 | $1,121.46 – $2,559.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $12,260.91 | $2,211.33 – $7,455.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,487.49 | $2,003.11 – $8,018.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,334.36 | $877.59 – $3,510.36 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,901.90 | $2,167.10 – $4,737.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,144.32 | $1,702.64 – $5,171.00 |