Particle matristem matrix 1000mg micron-q4118-cost per mg 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

$4,235.56

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.

$10,805.00

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.

$1.86 with CenCal vs $587.02 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
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $1.86 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $1.86 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1.86 ↓ -100%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $1.86 ↓ -100%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $1.86 ↓ -100%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1.86 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1.86 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $2.29 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $2.29 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $4.19 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.19 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.21 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $28.25 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $28.25 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $113.81 ↓ -97%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $161.73 ↓ -96%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $299.50 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $359.40 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $359.40 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $371.38 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $431.28 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $467.22 ↓ -89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $509.15 ↓ -88%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $509.15 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $563.06 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $563.06 ↓ -87%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $587.02 ↓ -86%

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Particle matristem matrix 1000mg micron-q4118-cost per mg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,731.28 $2.82 – $939.30
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $6,798.87 $4.26 – $5.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,624.54 $1.86 – $587.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,453.86 $1.86 – $1,012.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,405.84 $1.86 – $286.15
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,954.49 $4.61 – $5.48
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,827.10 $5.11 – $5.50
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $3,838.07 $10.87 – $10.87

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