Buprenorphine oral 1mg 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

$30.58

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.

$78.00

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.

$0.09 with Partnership Health Plan vs $41.16 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $0.09 ↓ -100%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $0.09 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $0.09 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $0.09 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $0.09 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $0.47 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.47 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.31 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $2.31 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.32 ↓ -86%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $11.34 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16.57 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $16.57 ↓ -46%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $21.00 ↓ -31%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $23.52 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $26.04 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $29.40 ↓ -4%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.40 ↓ -4%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $35.70 ↑ +17%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $35.70 ↑ +17%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41.16 ↑ +35%

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Buprenorphine oral 1mg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10.52 $0.14 – $11.70
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $10.74 $2.50 – $2.71
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $33.39 $0.09 – $41.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.02 $0.09 – $8.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $18.35 $0.01 – $7.11
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $10.74 $2.71 – $2.71
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $10.74 $2.71 – $3.23
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $10.74 $0.27 – $6.38

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