Intrauterine transfusion ftl 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

$510.78

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.

$1,303.00

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.

$335.07 with MHS HSPCC vs $7,439.00 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
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $335.07 ↓ -34%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $444.31 ↓ -13%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $444.31 ↓ -13%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $444.31 ↓ -13%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $444.31 ↓ -13%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $444.31 ↓ -13%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $444.31 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $444.31 ↓ -13%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $453.35 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $546.50 ↑ +7%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $546.50 ↑ +7%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↑ +9%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $555.48 ↑ +9%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↑ +9%
United Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↑ +9%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↑ +9%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↑ +9%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $555.48 ↑ +9%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $620.50 ↑ +21%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $694.96 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $769.42 ↑ +51%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,005.21 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,054.85 ↑ +107%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,054.85 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,216.18 ↑ +138%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,216.18 ↑ +138%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $4,063.00 ↑ +695%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,152.00 ↑ +713%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $4,363.00 ↑ +754%
United Commercial|HMO $4,926.00 ↑ +864%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $6,120.00 ↑ +1098%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,182.00 ↑ +1110%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,439.00 ↑ +1356%

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Intrauterine transfusion ftl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $485.36 $444.31 – $1,111.32
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $603.36 $482.31 – $4,971.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $555.48 – $1,023.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $594.53 – $1,921.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $444.31 – $444.31
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $444.31 – $1,070.79
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $408.87 – $1,070.79
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $626.41 – $6,200.00

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