Herpes simplex 1 ag if at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$14.22
Cash price 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.
$36.26
Gross charge 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.
$6.55 with MHS HSPCC vs $36.30 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $6.55 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11.64 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -16% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -16% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -16% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -16% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -16% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $12.13 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $13.58 | ↓ -5% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.74 | ↓ -3% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.74 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14.38 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14.38 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.38 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.49 | ↑ +2% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.49 | ↑ +2% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.49 | ↑ +2% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.49 | ↑ +2% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.49 | ↑ +2% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $15.04 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $16.49 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.82 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.82 | ↑ +25% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $20.62 | ↑ +45% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $20.62 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $22.80 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $23.28 | ↑ +64% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $23.77 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $24.25 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $24.25 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.30 | ↑ +155% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $36.30 | ↑ +155% |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $15.52 | $11.98 – $30.88 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $28.22 | $10.10 – $23.77 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $62.13 | $11.98 – $111.72 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $13.20 | $7.98 – $41.72 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $10.43 | $6.07 – $72.45 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $9.49 | $4.85 – $72.45 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $7.91 | $4.85 – $26.73 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $30.97 | $10.10 – $93.79 |