Appl multlay comprs arm/hand at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$352.41
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.
$899.00
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.
$14.72 with Molina vs $5,432.00 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 | $14.72 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.72 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.72 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.72 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.72 | ↓ -96% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.96 | ↓ -95% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.96 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.11 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.11 | ↓ -95% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $156.25 | ↓ -56% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -43% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -43% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -43% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $242.73 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $449.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $503.44 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $557.38 | ↑ +58% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $764.15 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $764.15 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $827.08 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $881.02 | ↑ +150% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,282.00 | ↑ +264% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1,890.00 | ↑ +436% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +1388% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +1441% |
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Appl multlay comprs arm/hand at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $407.49 | $218.99 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $384.78 | $14.72 – $881.02 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $228.99 | $230.73 – $6,200.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $328.44 | $226.11 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $177.10 | $202.00 – $1,311.00 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro | San Pedro | $98.35 | $209.00 – $1,318.00 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance | Torrance | $98.35 | $209.00 – $1,321.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $18.11 – $365.86 |