Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i 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

$4,618.16

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.

$11,781.00

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.

$275.87 with CenCal vs $36,121.04 with United — 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
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $275.87 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $275.87 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $275.87 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $275.87 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $275.87 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $275.87 ↓ -94%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $275.87 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $339.32 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $339.32 ↓ -93%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $3,180.87 ↓ -31%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $5,890.50 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,597.36 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $7,176.00 ↑ +55%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7,304.22 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $7,705.00 ↑ +67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7,851.00 ↑ +70%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,013.85 ↑ +117%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10,013.85 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10,838.52 ↑ +135%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $11,545.38 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,545.38 ↑ +150%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $11,575.00 ↑ +151%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11,781.00 ↑ +155%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11,781.00 ↑ +155%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11,781.00 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11,781.00 ↑ +155%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $11,781.00 ↑ +155%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11,781.00 ↑ +155%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11,781.00 ↑ +155%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11,781.00 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $23,456.00 ↑ +408%
United Medicare|All Plans $36,121.04 ↑ +682%

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Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,895.47 $275.87 – $11,438.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $35,979.22 $275.87 – $77,448.44
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $36,843.93 $11,036.00 – $126,547.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $19,590.99 $275.87 – $55,974.24
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $32,159.07 $4,233.00 – $39,911.86
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $12,102.24 $9,779.00 – $68,249.43
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $54,038.44 $275.87 – $103,879.71
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $3,641.85 $275.87 – $25,331.09

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