Radphm lcl tumor plr sgl day 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

$1,293.21

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.

$3,299.00

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.

$127.83 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,088.96 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $127.83 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $127.83 ↓ -90%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $127.83 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $127.83 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $127.83 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $127.83 ↓ -90%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $127.83 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $157.23 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $157.23 ↓ -88%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $430.09 ↓ -67%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -61%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $818.60 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $848.52 ↓ -34%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $851.04 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,392.72 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,422.75 ↑ +10%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $1,600.24 ↑ +24%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,649.50 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $1,847.44 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,954.24 ↑ +51%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,083.30 ↑ +61%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,083.30 ↑ +61%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,679.20 ↑ +107%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,679.20 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,088.96 ↑ +139%

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Radphm lcl tumor plr sgl day at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $419.17 $193.39 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $550.89 $80.37 – $796.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,537.38 $127.83 – $3,377.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,891.78 $127.83 – $2,004.10
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $487.13 $127.83 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $481.88 $127.83 – $1,976.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $428.66 $127.83 – $729.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $866.40 $437.05 – $951.22

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