Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$8,383.71
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.
$21,387.00
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.
$821.29 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 | $821.29 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $821.29 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $821.29 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $821.29 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $821.29 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,010.19 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,010.19 | ↓ -88% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,302.05 | ↓ -84% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,302.05 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,926.00 | ↓ -41% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $5,774.49 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,108.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7,631.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +15% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +15% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +15% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +15% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +15% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +15% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $10,693.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $11,976.72 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $13,259.94 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $17,323.47 | ↑ +107% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $18,178.95 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $18,178.95 | ↑ +117% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $19,676.04 | ↑ +135% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,676.04 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $20,959.26 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $20,959.26 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $23,456.00 | ↑ +180% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $9,175.23 | $792.50 – $20,948.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $9,448.96 | $821.29 – $22,077.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $14,893.60 | $821.29 – $39,364.54 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $8,890.32 | $11,074.44 – $35,965.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $11,604.18 | $821.29 – $32,365.40 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $13,824.57 | $10,852.95 – $15,575.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,455.84 | $8,526.92 – $18,558.59 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $6,472.01 | $821.29 – $11,812.98 |