Mayo fdp/fsp paracoagulation 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

$46.83

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.

$119.44

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.

$12.29 with Molina vs $243.72 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.

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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
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $12.29 ↓ -74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $12.29 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $12.29 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $12.29 ↓ -74%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $12.29 ↓ -74%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $12.29 ↓ -74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $12.29 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $15.12 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $15.12 ↓ -68%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $32.25 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $55.36 ↑ +18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $57.34 ↑ +22%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $59.72 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $66.89 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $74.06 ↑ +58%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $80.46 ↑ +72%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $80.46 ↑ +72%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $80.46 ↑ +72%
United Medicare|All Plans $80.46 ↑ +72%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $80.46 ↑ +72%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $80.46 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $80.46 ↑ +72%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $80.46 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $80.46 ↑ +72%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $80.46 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $81.22 ↑ +73%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $96.55 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $96.55 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $96.55 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $97.79 ↑ +109%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $101.53 ↑ +117%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $101.53 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $112.28 ↑ +140%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $114.67 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $117.06 ↑ +150%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $243.72 ↑ +420%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $243.72 ↑ +420%

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Mayo fdp/fsp paracoagulation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $51.13 $12.29 – $207.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $26.67 $12.29 – $40.04
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $73.94 $11.40 – $265.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $179.20 $21.43 – $160.92
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $87.79 $10.71 – $159.62
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $110.40 $16.59 – $160.92
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $60.10 – $160.92
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $71.76 – $160.92

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