Carbohydrate deficient transf - sendout 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

$114.23

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.

$291.40

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.

$9.32 with Molina vs $95.70 with Aetna — 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 $9.32 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $9.32 ↓ -92%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $9.32 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $9.32 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $9.32 ↓ -92%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $9.32 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $11.46 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $11.46 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -84%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -84%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -84%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $18.06 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $21.67 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|HMO $21.67 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.67 ↓ -81%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $25.84 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $45.94 ↓ -60%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $47.85 ↓ -58%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $53.60 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $54.71 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $54.71 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $59.34 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $65.08 ↓ -43%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $81.35 ↓ -29%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $81.35 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $89.96 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $91.88 ↓ -20%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $93.79 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $95.70 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $95.70 ↓ -16%

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Carbohydrate deficient transf - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $27.54 $3.61 – $42.68
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $124.72 $9.32 – $93.79
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $35.51 $9.32 – $76.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $35.13 $9.32 – $75.61
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $54.65 $9.57 – $76.56
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $28.14 $9.32 – $78.48
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $74.46 $9.32 – $93.79
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $49.29 $9.32 – $89.96

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