Natural killer cells total count 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

$41.49

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.

$105.82

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.

$4.17 with MHS HSPCC vs $114.26 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 $4.17 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.41 ↓ -82%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $7.71 ↓ -81%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8.64 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9.57 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $10.49 ↓ -75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13.11 ↓ -68%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $13.11 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $14.50 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14.81 ↓ -64%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $15.12 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $15.42 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $15.42 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.42 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $15.42 ↓ -63%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $15.42 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $15.42 ↓ -63%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $15.42 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $15.42 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $15.42 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $15.42 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $15.42 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $15.42 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $15.42 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.42 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $15.42 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|HMO $15.42 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.42 ↓ -63%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $15.42 ↓ -63%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $15.42 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $15.42 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $15.42 ↓ -63%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $15.42 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $18.97 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $18.97 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $114.26 ↑ +175%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $114.26 ↑ +175%

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Natural killer cells total count at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $8.31 $5.12 – $100.09
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $9.55 $6.15 – $55.06
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $47.89 $36.98 – $301.22
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $45.30 $7.71 – $97.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $70.48 $8.35 – $15.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7.03 $7.71 – $108.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6.96 $7.71 – $108.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $47.89 $37.73 – $380.67

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