Progesterone 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

$115.64

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.

$295.00

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.

$6.48 with MHS HSPCC vs $63.19 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 $6.48 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.52 ↓ -90%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -90%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $13.44 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14.88 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $16.32 ↓ -86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $20.40 ↓ -82%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $20.40 ↓ -82%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -82%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -82%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -82%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $20.86 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $22.56 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $23.04 ↓ -80%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $23.52 ↓ -80%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $23.93 ↓ -79%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $23.93 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $24.00 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $24.00 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $24.00 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $24.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $24.00 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $24.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $24.00 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $24.00 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|HMO $24.00 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $29.52 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $29.52 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $63.19 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $63.19 ↓ -45%

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Progesterone at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $123.08 $6.48 – $55.35
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.76 $4.17 – $30.20
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $360.06 $20.44 – $170.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $126.26 $12.00 – $53.75
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $127.88 $13.00 – $24.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $102.03 $3.50 – $59.95
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $100.93 $12.00 – $59.95
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $285.09 $20.86 – $215.23

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