Ablate arrhythmia add on at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,409.64
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.
$3,596.00
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.
$378.45 with Molina vs $23,456.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $378.45 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $378.45 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $378.45 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $378.45 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $378.45 | ↓ -73% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $418.29 | ↓ -70% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $418.29 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $465.49 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $465.49 | ↓ -67% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $970.92 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,798.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2,013.76 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,229.52 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,056.60 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,056.60 | ↑ +117% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,308.32 | ↑ +135% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,308.32 | ↑ +135% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,308.32 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,524.08 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $3,524.08 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↑ +188% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↑ +210% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $12,394.00 | ↑ +779% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $18,271.00 | ↑ +1196% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $23,456.00 | ↑ +1564% |
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Ablate arrhythmia add on at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $20,936.84 | $465.49 – $47,801.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,539.09 | $378.45 – $3,596.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $7,018.51 | $378.45 – $18,932.76 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $995.52 | $2,747.00 – $16,692.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $7,989.75 | $329.80 – $26,088.96 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,190.05 | $1,716.00 – $12,908.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $13,690.08 | $1,200.00 – $16,338.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $9,325.11 | $378.45 – $17,925.93 |