Bilirubin direct 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

$114.08

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.

$291.00

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.

$2.46 with MHS HSPCC vs $15.19 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 $2.46 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.38 ↓ -96%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4.56 ↓ -96%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5.02 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.02 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.02 ↓ -96%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.02 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $5.02 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.02 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5.02 ↓ -96%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $5.02 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $5.02 ↓ -96%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $5.02 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5.11 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5.65 ↓ -95%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $5.75 ↓ -95%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $5.75 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.02 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.02 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $6.02 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $6.20 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.33 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $6.33 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $6.33 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $6.33 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $6.33 ↓ -94%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7.75 ↓ -93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7.75 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $7.79 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $7.79 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $8.57 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8.75 ↓ -92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8.93 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $9.11 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $9.11 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.19 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $15.19 ↓ -87%

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Bilirubin direct at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $98.12 $5.02 – $15.67
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $25.67 $1.00 – $39.77
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $192.27 $4.92 – $40.83
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $124.55 $4.56 – $12.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $56.61 $5.02 – $12.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $95.72 $5.02 – $48.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $94.69 $5.02 – $47.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $210.12 $5.02 – $51.60

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