Filter spider fx 3mmx320cm 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

$7,160.28

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.

$18,266.00

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.

$718.20 with Health Net vs $3,704.40 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 $718.20 ↓ -90%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $869.40 ↓ -88%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $869.40 ↓ -88%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $1,020.60 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|HMO $1,890.00 ↓ -74%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,890.00 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,965.60 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,230.20 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,268.00 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,268.00 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,343.60 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $2,721.60 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $2,948.40 ↓ -59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,213.00 ↓ -55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,213.00 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,439.80 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $3,477.60 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $3,553.20 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,553.20 ↓ -50%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,704.40 ↓ -48%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,152.59 $411.60 – $1,337.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7,029.06 $2,849.50 – $6,741.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $11,080.26 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,817.85 $869.40 – $3,704.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,791.31 $1,050.00 – $3,780.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,448.27 $1,050.00 – $4,074.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $11,080.26 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,127.70 not published

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