Inj. mycophenolate mofetil 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

$508.04

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.

$1,296.00

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.

$349.92 with MHS HSPCC vs $1,270.08 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
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $349.92 ↓ -31%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $648.00 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $725.76 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $803.52 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $907.20 ↑ +79%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $907.20 ↑ +79%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,101.60 ↑ +117%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,101.60 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,192.32 ↑ +135%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,244.16 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,257.12 ↑ +147%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,270.08 ↑ +150%

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Inj. mycophenolate mofetil at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $170.39 $105.03 – $303.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $191.44 $74.00 – $148.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $124.07 $39.26 – $126.84
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $243.79 $0.61 – $1.67
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $228.12 $0.44 – $2.05
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $260.59 $45.50 – $180.18
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $466.65 $300.73 – $943.67
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $247.43 $79.87 – $159.74

All California hospitals for this procedure →