Endo cath panc duct s&i 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

$1,017.64

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.

$2,596.00

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.

$165.14 with CenCal vs $2,119.74 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 $165.14 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $165.14 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $165.14 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $165.14 ↓ -84%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $165.14 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $165.14 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $165.14 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $203.12 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $203.12 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $347.31 ↓ -66%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $584.01 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $678.93 ↓ -33%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,081.50 ↑ +6%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $1,211.28 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,296.59 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,324.54 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,341.06 ↑ +32%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,838.55 ↑ +81%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,838.55 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,989.96 ↑ +96%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,119.74 ↑ +108%

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Endo cath panc duct s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,076.17 $211.35 – $1,916.46
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,157.32 $165.14 – $2,544.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,319.68 $25.10 – $97.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $670.03 $165.14 – $1,444.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $662.81 $165.14 – $1,787.94
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,319.88 $524.64 – $924.55
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $572.42 $165.14 – $785.40
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,979.15 $165.14 – $768.24

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