Alcohol/subs interv >30 min at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$180.72
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.
$461.00
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.
$91.76 with MHS Hospice vs $2,708.00 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 | $91.76 | ↓ -49% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $124.47 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $204.15 | ↑ +13% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $204.15 | ↑ +13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $204.15 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $204.15 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $204.15 | ↑ +13% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $204.15 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $204.15 | ↑ +13% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $204.15 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $204.15 | ↑ +13% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $253.55 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $258.16 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $262.77 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $281.21 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $308.87 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $322.70 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $322.70 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $341.14 | ↑ +89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $364.19 | ↑ +102% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $391.85 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $391.85 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $451.78 | ↑ +150% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,189.00 | ↑ +1111% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,264.00 | ↑ +1153% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,708.00 | ↑ +1398% |
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Alcohol/subs interv >30 min at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $197.31 | $204.15 – $451.78 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $283.50 | $220.74 – $690.92 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $117.46 | $80.61 – $421.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $202.73 | $75.76 – $330.22 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $203.82 | $60.61 – $474.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $207.63 | $90.92 – $531.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $100.74 | $75.77 – $255.19 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $57.00 | $22.88 – $260.00 |