Bx soft tiss pelvis+hip area supf 27040 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

$1,477.84

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.

$3,770.00

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.

$156.79 with Molina 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.

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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
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $156.79 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $156.79 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $156.79 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $156.79 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $156.79 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $192.85 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $192.85 ↓ -87%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $247.16 ↓ -83%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $247.16 ↓ -83%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $1,017.90 ↓ -31%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,058.68 ↑ +39%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↑ +39%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↑ +39%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↑ +39%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↑ +39%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↑ +39%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↑ +39%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↑ +39%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,073.50 ↑ +40%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $2,111.20 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,337.40 ↑ +58%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,204.50 ↑ +117%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,204.50 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,468.40 ↑ +135%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,694.60 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $4,063.00 ↑ +175%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,152.00 ↑ +181%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $4,363.00 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,243.00 ↑ +255%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,432.00 ↑ +268%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $6,120.00 ↑ +314%

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Bx soft tiss pelvis+hip area supf 27040 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,779.55 $192.85 – $4,949.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,360.85 $156.79 – $5,405.68
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $4,662.67 $156.79 – $3,001.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,713.65 $156.79 – $1,306.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,695.18 $156.79 – $1,306.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,700.45 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,022.62 $0.80 – $615.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,504.10 $2,238.00 – $4,042.00

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