Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual 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

$178.19

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.

$454.56

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.

$14.85 with MHS HSPCC vs $245.30 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 $14.85 ↓ -92%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $27.50 ↓ -85%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $30.80 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $34.10 ↓ -81%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $46.75 ↓ -74%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $46.75 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $51.70 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $52.80 ↓ -70%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $53.90 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $55.00 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -69%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $55.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $55.00 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $55.00 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $55.00 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $55.00 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|HMO $55.00 ↓ -69%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -69%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $55.00 ↓ -69%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $55.00 ↓ -69%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $55.00 ↓ -69%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $55.00 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $67.65 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $67.65 ↓ -62%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $167.65 ↓ -6%
United Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +22%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $245.30 ↑ +38%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $245.30 ↑ +38%

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