Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs 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

$64.83

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.

$165.38

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.

$23.88 with Molina vs $507.02 with United — 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
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $23.88 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $23.88 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $23.88 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $23.88 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $23.88 ↓ -63%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $23.88 ↓ -63%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $23.88 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $29.37 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $29.37 ↓ -55%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $44.66 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $79.39 ↑ +22%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $82.69 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $92.62 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $96.42 ↑ +49%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $96.42 ↑ +49%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $102.54 ↑ +58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $112.46 ↑ +73%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $126.81 ↑ +96%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $127.38 ↑ +96%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $140.58 ↑ +117%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $140.58 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $155.46 ↑ +140%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $158.77 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $162.08 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $165.38 ↑ +155%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $165.38 ↑ +155%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $165.38 ↑ +155%
United Commercial|HMO $165.38 ↑ +155%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $165.38 ↑ +155%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $165.38 ↑ +155%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $165.38 ↑ +155%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $165.38 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $165.38 ↑ +155%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $165.38 ↑ +155%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $165.38 ↑ +155%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $165.38 ↑ +155%
United Medicare|All Plans $507.02 ↑ +682%

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Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $207.18 $36.13 – $368.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $108.93 $27.47 – $165.87
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $74.90 $23.88 – $165.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $194.78 $23.39 – $507.02
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $192.68 $23.39 – $507.02
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $299.78 $52.50 – $420.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $154.35 $23.88 – $525.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $144.00 $156.02 – $1,062.94

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