Boot j walker l 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

$179.93

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.

$459.00

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.

$30.02 with Health Net vs $154.84 with MultiPlan — 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
Health Net Commercial|FFS $30.02 ↓ -83%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $42.66 ↓ -76%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $79.00 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|HMO $79.00 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $82.16 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $93.22 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $94.80 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $94.80 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $97.96 ↓ -46%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $99.66 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $99.66 ↓ -45%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $99.66 ↓ -45%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $99.66 ↓ -45%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $99.66 ↓ -45%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $99.66 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $99.66 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $113.76 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $122.58 ↓ -32%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $122.58 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $123.24 ↓ -32%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $134.30 ↓ -25%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $134.30 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $143.78 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $145.36 ↓ -19%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $148.52 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $148.52 ↓ -17%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $154.84 ↓ -14%

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Boot j walker l at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $442.38 $143.04 – $464.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $108.38 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $196.46 $79.00 – $154.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $417.38 $25.00 – $99.66
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $412.88 $25.00 – $99.66
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $108.38 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $92.12 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $69.36 not published

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