Ablate pulm tumor perq rf at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$6,045.82
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.
$15,423.00
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.
$2,589.72 with Molina vs $15,114.54 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 | $2,589.72 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,589.72 | ↓ -57% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,589.72 | ↓ -57% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,589.72 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,589.72 | ↓ -57% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,589.81 | ↓ -57% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,589.81 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,185.36 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,185.36 | ↓ -47% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $4,164.21 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,556.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $5,582.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $5,997.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +23% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +23% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $8,190.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $8,482.65 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,636.88 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9,562.26 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $13,109.55 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13,109.55 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13,920.00 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14,189.16 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $15,114.54 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $15,114.54 | ↑ +150% |
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Ablate pulm tumor perq rf at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $9,475.26 | $3,917.99 – $16,873.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,601.05 | $2,589.72 – $15,114.54 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,458.53 | $2,589.72 – $11,402.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,399.68 | $2,589.72 – $11,259.87 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,394.42 | $1,416.24 – $6,744.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $9,123.84 | $6,609.22 – $14,384.78 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $7,468.02 | $2,589.72 – $6,244.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $9,143.55 | $2,589.72 – $25,088.80 |