Chlamydia type 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

$8.82

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.

$22.50

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.

$4.52 with MHS HSPCC vs $16.87 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 $4.52 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.57 ↓ -37%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5.57 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.57 ↓ -37%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.57 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $5.57 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.57 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5.57 ↓ -37%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $5.57 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $5.57 ↓ -37%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $5.57 ↓ -37%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $6.38 ↓ -28%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $6.38 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.68 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.68 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|HMO $6.68 ↓ -24%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $7.10 ↓ -20%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $7.10 ↓ -20%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $7.10 ↓ -20%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $7.10 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.10 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.03 ↓ -9%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $8.36 ↓ -5%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $8.73 ↓ -1%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $8.73 ↓ -1%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $9.36 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $10.37 ↑ +18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $11.37 ↑ +29%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $14.21 ↑ +61%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14.21 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $15.71 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16.05 ↑ +82%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $16.38 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $16.71 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $16.71 ↑ +89%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $16.87 ↑ +91%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.87 ↑ +91%

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Chlamydia type at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $15.07 $1.11 – $8.17
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $34.98 $5.46 – $45.56
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $9.63 $5.57 – $16.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.35 $5.57 – $18.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8.26 $5.57 – $17.78
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $34.98 $5.57 – $57.58
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $34.98 $5.57 – $65.29
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $12.85 $2.25 – $18.00

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