Membrane affinity fresh amniotic 2.5x2.5cm -cost per sq cm 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

$1,926.29

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.

$4,914.00

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.

$175.45 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,815.72 with MultiPlan — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $175.45 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $175.45 ↓ -91%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $175.45 ↓ -91%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $175.45 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $175.45 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $175.45 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $175.45 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $215.80 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $215.80 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $434.53 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $434.53 ↓ -77%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $933.66 ↓ -52%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $1,326.78 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,458.17 ↓ -24%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,457.00 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,948.40 ↑ +53%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,948.40 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,046.68 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $3,538.08 ↑ +84%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $3,832.92 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,176.90 ↑ +117%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,176.90 ↑ +117%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,619.16 ↑ +140%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $4,619.16 ↑ +140%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,717.44 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,766.58 ↑ +147%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,815.72 ↑ +150%

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Membrane affinity fresh amniotic 2.5x2.5cm -cost per sq cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $265.43 – $1,740.96
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,683.22 $167.70 – $809.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,103.20 $175.45 – $4,815.72
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,448.62 $176.69 – $875.87
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,856.26 $160.06 – $1,044.76
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,346.00 $167.67 – $2,063.13
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,856.26 $470.35 – $1,047.32
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,683.22 $173.16 – $869.96

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