Cytomegalovirus imm IV /vial 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

$8,264.54

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.

$21,083.00

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.

$1,525.11 with CenCal vs $20,661.34 with MultiPlan — 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
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $1,525.11 ↓ -82%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $1,525.11 ↓ -82%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $1,559.46 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $1,812.01 ↓ -78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1,812.01 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $1,812.01 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,812.01 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1,812.01 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $2,108.22 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,108.22 ↓ -74%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $2,299.08 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,299.08 ↓ -72%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,299.08 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,299.08 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,299.08 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,299.08 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,299.08 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,299.08 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,299.08 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,517.01 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,993.28 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|HMO $2,993.28 ↓ -64%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $5,692.41 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,948.18 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,948.18 ↓ -28%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $10,541.50 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $11,806.48 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13,071.46 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $14,758.10 ↑ +79%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $14,758.10 ↑ +79%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17,920.55 ↑ +117%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $17,920.55 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20,661.34 ↑ +150%

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Cytomegalovirus imm IV /vial at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,113.07 $1,117.36 – $3,367.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,079.50 $1,433.37 – $3,325.11
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $4,096.32 $1,173.56 – $3,895.82
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $2,310.65 $465.41 – $4,214.74
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $3,847.49 $1,226.31 – $9,474.28
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $5,923.71 $1,791.99 – $3,895.82
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $897.73 – $3,895.82
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $971.75 – $3,895.82

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