Mayo pregnenolone 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

$11.37

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.

$29.00

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.

$7.16 with MHS HSPCC vs $62.63 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
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $7.16 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $12.72 ↑ +12%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $13.25 ↑ +17%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $14.84 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.43 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $18.02 ↑ +58%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +82%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +82%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +82%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +82%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +82%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +82%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $22.53 ↑ +98%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $22.53 ↑ +98%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $23.71 ↑ +109%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $23.71 ↑ +109%
United Commercial|HMO $24.80 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $24.80 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $24.80 ↑ +118%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $24.91 ↑ +119%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $25.44 ↑ +124%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $25.97 ↑ +128%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $26.36 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $26.36 ↑ +132%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $26.36 ↑ +132%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $26.36 ↑ +132%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $26.36 ↑ +132%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $26.50 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $26.50 ↑ +133%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $32.42 ↑ +185%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $32.42 ↑ +185%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $62.63 ↑ +451%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $62.63 ↑ +451%

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Mayo pregnenolone at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $115.64 $7.83 – $54.86
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.14 $4.13 – $30.33
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.28 $20.26 – $165.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12.42 $13.25 – $53.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $19.32 $15.70 – $28.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.76 $14.50 – $59.42
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10.65 $14.50 – $59.42
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $51.28 $20.67 – $208.70

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