Gammaglobulin ige 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

$2.36

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.

$6.00

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.

$1.19 with MHS HSPCC vs $49.86 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 $1.19 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.11 ↓ -11%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2.19 ↓ -7%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $2.46 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2.72 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $2.98 ↑ +26%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3.73 ↑ +58%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3.73 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4.12 ↑ +75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4.21 ↑ +78%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4.30 ↑ +82%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↑ +86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.38 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↑ +86%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↑ +86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4.38 ↑ +86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↑ +86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $4.38 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $4.38 ↑ +86%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $4.38 ↑ +86%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $4.38 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.38 ↑ +86%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $4.38 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.38 ↑ +86%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $4.38 ↑ +86%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $4.38 ↑ +86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $4.38 ↑ +86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $4.38 ↑ +86%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $4.38 ↑ +86%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $5.39 ↑ +128%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $5.39 ↑ +128%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $49.86 ↑ +2013%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.86 ↑ +2013%

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Gammaglobulin ige at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $76.22 $1.21 – $43.68
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.01 $3.28 – $24.09
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $81.09 $16.13 – $134.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $27.41 $2.38 – $4.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $26.35 $3.00 – $47.30
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $26.06 $3.00 – $47.30
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $66.81 $16.46 – $169.88
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $81.60 $16.46 – $192.64

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