Disability dlco 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

$363.00

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.

$926.00

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.

$37.62 with Partnership Health Plan vs $907.48 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $37.62 ↓ -90%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $37.62 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $37.62 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $37.62 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $37.62 ↓ -90%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $37.62 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $37.62 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $46.27 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $46.27 ↓ -87%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $161.63 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -45%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -45%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -45%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $250.02 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $308.76 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $315.42 ↓ -13%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $463.00 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $518.56 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $574.12 ↑ +58%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $787.10 ↑ +117%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $787.10 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $851.92 ↑ +135%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $907.48 ↑ +150%

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Disability dlco at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $295.65 $56.91 – $526.50
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $272.00 $31.29 – $485.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $376.64 $37.62 – $862.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $516.82 $37.62 – $669.34
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $90.90 $37.62 – $198.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $89.92 $37.62 – $198.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $755.82 $215.86 – $306.58
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,044.48 $244.78 – $277.71

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