Coagulation time activated teg 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

$27.05

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.

$69.00

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.

$4.05 with MHS HSPCC vs $15.00 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
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $4.05 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.28 ↓ -84%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4.28 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.28 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.28 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.28 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.28 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.28 ↓ -84%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $4.28 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.28 ↓ -84%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $4.28 ↓ -84%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $4.91 ↓ -82%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $4.91 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.14 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.14 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|HMO $5.14 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $5.24 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.24 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $5.24 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $5.24 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $5.24 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.45 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.45 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.20 ↓ -73%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $7.50 ↓ -72%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8.40 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9.30 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $10.20 ↓ -62%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.75 ↓ -53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12.75 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.95 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $12.95 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $14.10 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14.40 ↓ -47%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14.70 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $15.00 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $15.00 ↓ -45%

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Coagulation time activated teg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $178.27 $4.28 – $317.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $216.75 $4.19 – $34.73
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $41.95 $4.28 – $14.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $146.55 $4.28 – $166.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $144.97 $4.28 – $131.14
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $272.85 $4.28 – $43.89
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $209.10 $4.28 – $49.78
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $172.45 $4.28 – $158.40

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