Pmp22 gene dup/delet 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

$179.38

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.

$457.60

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.

$117.45 with MHS HSPCC vs $2,297.05 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 $117.45 ↓ -35%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $217.50 ↑ +21%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $243.60 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $269.70 ↑ +50%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $369.75 ↑ +106%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $369.75 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $408.90 ↑ +128%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $417.60 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $426.30 ↑ +138%
United Commercial|HMO $435.00 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $435.00 ↑ +143%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +143%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +143%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +143%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +143%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +143%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +143%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +143%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +143%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +143%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $435.00 ↑ +143%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $435.00 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $435.00 ↑ +143%
United Medicare|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,297.05 ↑ +1181%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,297.05 ↑ +1181%

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Pmp22 gene dup/delet at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $195.86 $217.50 – $1,953.97
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $304.77 $247.70 – $457.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $169.77 $228.80 – $2,179.24
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $167.94 $228.80 – $2,179.24
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $261.29 $45.76 – $366.08
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $134.54 $96.10 – $457.60
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $235.67 $274.56 – $457.60
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $343.07 $405.28 – $2,640.13

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