Semen analysis presence/motility 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

$65.08

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.

$166.00

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.

$9.99 with MHS HSPCC vs $37.00 with Aetna — 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 $9.99 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.05 ↓ -81%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12.05 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.05 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.05 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $12.05 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.05 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $12.05 ↓ -81%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $12.05 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $12.05 ↓ -81%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $12.05 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14.46 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.46 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|HMO $14.46 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $17.76 ↓ -73%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $18.50 ↓ -72%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $20.72 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $22.94 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $25.16 ↓ -61%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $31.45 ↓ -52%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $31.45 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $34.78 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $35.52 ↓ -45%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $36.26 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.49 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $36.49 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $37.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $37.00 ↓ -43%

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Semen analysis presence/motility at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $72.42 $11.81 – $98.32
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $71.05 $12.05 – $36.26
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $43.96 $12.05 – $64.68
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $241.74 $12.05 – $124.25
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $90.27 $12.05 – $56.21
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $332.01 $11.81 – $105.71
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $54.50 $12.05 – $98.00
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $156.52 $12.05 – $234.52

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