Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,548.80
Cash price 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.
$3,951.00
Gross charge 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.
$453.35 with MHS Hospice vs $6,182.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $453.35 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -64% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -64% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,024.11 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,282.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1,890.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,896.50 | ↑ +22% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2,124.08 | ↑ +37% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,351.66 | ↑ +52% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,072.33 | ↑ +98% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,224.05 | ↑ +108% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,224.05 | ↑ +108% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,679.21 | ↑ +138% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $3,717.14 | ↑ +140% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,717.14 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↑ +182% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,926.00 | ↑ +218% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +299% |
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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $800.67 | $449.01 – $1,297.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $811.86 | $87.44 – $1,031.11 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,716.15 | $593.00 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,691.03 | $555.48 – $3,871.98 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,328.01 | $515.85 – $1,954.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $818.80 | $555.48 – $1,765.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $809.97 | $555.48 – $1,064.92 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,041.02 | $626.41 – $6,200.00 |