Expander tiss 133s-mv-12-t 300ml natrelle smth 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

$1,926.29

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.

$4,914.00

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.

$325.85 with Health Net vs $1,680.70 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
Health Net Commercial|FFS $325.85 ↓ -83%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $394.45 ↓ -80%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $394.45 ↓ -80%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $463.05 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|HMO $857.50 ↓ -55%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $857.50 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $891.80 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,011.85 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,029.00 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,029.00 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,063.30 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $1,234.80 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $1,337.70 ↓ -31%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,457.75 ↓ -24%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,457.75 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,560.65 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,577.80 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $1,612.10 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,612.10 ↓ -16%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,680.70 ↓ -13%

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Expander tiss 133s-mv-12-t 300ml natrelle smth at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $315.84 – $1,026.48
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5,623.85 $1,104.95 – $2,614.15
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,995.46 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,103.20 $394.45 – $1,680.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,025.66 $366.25 – $1,318.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,003.82 $366.25 – $1,421.05
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,995.46 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,653.18 not published

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