Disaccharidases 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

$162.68

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.

$415.00

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.

$16.70 with MHS HSPCC vs $67.15 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 $16.70 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $22.17 ↓ -86%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $22.17 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $22.17 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $22.17 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $22.17 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $22.17 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $22.17 ↓ -86%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $22.17 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $22.17 ↓ -86%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $22.17 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $25.45 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $25.45 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $25.45 ↓ -84%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $25.45 ↓ -84%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $25.45 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $25.45 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $25.45 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26.60 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|HMO $26.60 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $26.60 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $29.68 ↓ -82%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $30.91 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $31.30 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $31.30 ↓ -81%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $34.62 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $38.33 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $42.04 ↓ -74%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $52.55 ↓ -68%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $52.55 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $58.12 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $59.35 ↓ -64%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $60.59 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $61.82 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $61.82 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $67.15 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $67.15 ↓ -59%

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Disaccharidases at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $78.84 $22.17 – $140.40
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $195.31 $4.43 – $60.14
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $41.95 $21.73 – $146.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $177.62 $22.17 – $60.59
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $224.31 $22.17 – $60.59
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $120.88 $22.17 – $260.64
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $119.57 $22.17 – $257.39
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $41.95 $22.17 – $185.51

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