Applicator tag rfid localizer 12gx7cm at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$104.28
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.
$266.00
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.
$50.54 with Health Net vs $260.68 with MultiPlan — 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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| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $50.54 | ↓ -52% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.18 | ↓ -41% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.18 | ↓ -41% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $71.82 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $133.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $133.00 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $138.32 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $156.94 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $159.60 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $159.60 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $164.92 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $191.52 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $207.48 | ↑ +99% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $226.10 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $226.10 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $242.06 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $244.72 | ↑ +135% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $250.04 | ↑ +140% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $250.04 | ↑ +140% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $260.68 | ↑ +150% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Applicator tag rfid localizer 12gx7cm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $981.75 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $113.85 | $61.18 – $260.68 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $909.71 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,048.05 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $642.80 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,051.88 | not published |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $981.75 | not published |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $898.56 | not published |