Unlisted transfusion med px at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$108.91
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.
$277.83
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.
$17.55 with MHS HSPCC vs $76.42 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.
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 HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $17.55 | ↓ -84% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $26.86 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $29.60 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $29.60 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.60 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $31.12 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $31.12 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $31.12 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $31.12 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $31.12 | ↓ -71% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $31.12 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $31.12 | ↓ -71% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $31.12 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $31.12 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $31.20 | ↓ -71% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $32.50 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $36.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $40.30 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $44.20 | ↓ -59% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $55.25 | ↓ -49% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $55.25 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $62.40 | ↓ -43% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $63.70 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $65.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $76.42 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76.42 | ↓ -30% |
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Unlisted transfusion med px at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. | San Luis Obispo | $16.20 | $37.13 – $234.00 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $198.24 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $347.78 | $29.60 – $114.66 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $198.24 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $198.24 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $198.24 | not published |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $198.24 | not published |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $208.29 | $4.90 – $291.97 |