#bac vag cand-c. albicans naa at French Hospital

1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$81.93

Cash price

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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.

$209.00

Gross charge

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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.

$9.98 with MHS HSPCC vs $106.29 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $9.98 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $17.75 ↓ -78%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $18.48 ↓ -77%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $20.70 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $22.92 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $25.14 ↓ -69%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $31.42 ↓ -62%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $31.42 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $34.75 ↓ -58%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -57%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -57%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -57%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $35.49 ↓ -57%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $36.23 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $36.96 ↓ -55%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $36.96 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $36.96 ↓ -55%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $36.96 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $36.96 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $36.96 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $36.96 ↓ -55%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $36.96 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $36.96 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $36.96 ↓ -55%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $36.96 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $36.96 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $45.47 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $45.47 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $106.29 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $106.29 ↑ +30%

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#bac vag cand-c. albicans naa at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $120.45 $18.95 – $93.11
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $104.35 $7.02 – $181.39
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $83.39 $34.39 – $277.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $89.46 $18.48 – $90.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $183.15 $22.33 – $41.25
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $102.03 $20.63 – $100.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $100.93 $20.63 – $100.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $83.39 $35.09 – $350.32

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