Ntrk translocation analysis 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

$313.60

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.

$800.00

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.

$216.00 with MHS HSPCC vs $1,569.86 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 $216.00 ↓ -31%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $400.00 ↑ +28%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $414.62 ↑ +32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $414.62 ↑ +32%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $414.62 ↑ +32%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $414.62 ↑ +32%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $414.62 ↑ +32%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $448.00 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $496.00 ↑ +58%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $509.98 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $509.98 ↑ +63%
United Medicare|All Plans $518.28 ↑ +65%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $518.28 ↑ +65%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $518.28 ↑ +65%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $518.28 ↑ +65%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $518.28 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $518.28 ↑ +65%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $518.28 ↑ +65%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $518.28 ↑ +65%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $518.28 ↑ +65%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $621.94 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|HMO $621.94 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $621.94 ↑ +98%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $680.00 ↑ +117%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $680.00 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $752.00 ↑ +140%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $768.00 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $784.00 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $800.00 ↑ +155%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $800.00 ↑ +155%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,569.86 ↑ +401%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,569.86 ↑ +401%

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Ntrk translocation analysis at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $342.40 $400.00 – $1,335.39
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $622.40 $414.62 – $784.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $441.45 $414.62 – $810.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $221.94 $89.10 – $1,147.75
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $405.60 $414.62 – $800.00
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $176.58 $283.50 – $1,147.75
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $315.09 $89.10 – $1,147.75
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $221.94 $89.10 – $810.00

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