Concentration infection agents any 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

$17.64

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.

$45.00

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.

$2.35 with MHS HSPCC vs $20.22 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 $2.35 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.17 ↓ -76%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4.34 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4.87 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $5.91 ↓ -66%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -62%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -62%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -62%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7.38 ↓ -58%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7.38 ↓ -58%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $7.66 ↓ -57%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $7.66 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|HMO $8.02 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8.02 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.02 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $8.16 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $8.33 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.33 ↓ -53%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $8.33 ↓ -53%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $8.33 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $8.33 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8.34 ↓ -53%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8.51 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $8.68 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $8.68 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $10.25 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $10.25 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20.22 ↑ +15%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $20.22 ↑ +15%

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Concentration infection agents any type at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $249.23 $2.35 – $17.72
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $43.52 $1.34 – $20.37
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $297.84 $6.55 – $54.52
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $19.26 $4.34 – $17.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $11.13 $6.68 – $14.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $60.40 $4.00 – $19.19
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $59.75 $4.00 – $19.19
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $218.28 $6.68 – $68.90

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