Injection(s) trigger point(s) single/multiple >= 3 muscle(s) 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

$427.68

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.

$1,091.00

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.

$56.22 with Partnership Health Plan vs $5,432.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $56.22 ↓ -87%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $56.22 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $56.22 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $56.22 ↓ -87%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $56.22 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $56.22 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $56.22 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $69.15 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $69.15 ↓ -84%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $294.57 ↓ -31%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $305.83 ↓ -28%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -12%
United Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -12%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -12%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $600.05 ↑ +40%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $610.96 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $676.42 ↑ +58%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $927.35 ↑ +117%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $927.35 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,003.72 ↑ +135%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,069.18 ↑ +150%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,282.00 ↑ +200%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $1,890.00 ↑ +342%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $4,063.00 ↑ +850%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $4,363.00 ↑ +920%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,243.00 ↑ +1126%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,432.00 ↑ +1170%

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Injection(s) trigger point(s) single/multiple >= 3 muscle(s) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $515.53 $85.05 – $918.06
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,256.13 $413.65 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $481.50 $56.22 – $1,069.18
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $492.84 $27.94 – $105.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,826.82 $435.83 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,499.51 $394.79 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $918.51 $413.57 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,507.67 $1,333.00 – $20,799.00

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