Balloon dilate urtrl strix at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$593.49
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,514.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$396.90 with MHS HSPCC vs $7,439.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $396.90 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $699.92 | ↑ +18% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $699.92 | ↑ +18% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $699.92 | ↑ +18% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $699.92 | ↑ +18% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $699.92 | ↑ +18% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $699.92 | ↑ +18% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $699.92 | ↑ +18% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $808.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $823.20 | ↑ +39% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $860.90 | ↑ +45% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $860.90 | ↑ +45% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $911.40 | ↑ +54% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,249.50 | ↑ +111% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,249.50 | ↑ +111% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,352.40 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,440.60 | ↑ +143% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,440.60 | ↑ +143% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↑ +585% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↑ +635% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | ↑ +1153% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Balloon dilate urtrl strix at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $291.71 | $179.82 – $1,217.86 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $629.16 | $699.92 – $1,440.60 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $106.85 | $158.40 – $288.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,715.35 | $1,716.00 – $12,908.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,694.40 | $1,200.00 – $5,357.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $2,995.30 | $924.00 – $3,773.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $133.39 | $129.50 – $259.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $269.10 | $388.70 – $735.54 |