Brace back pinnacle tlso 464 at French Hospital

1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,926.29

Cash price

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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.

$4,914.00

Gross charge

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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.

$933.66 with Health Net vs $4,815.72 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Health Net Commercial|FFS $933.66 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $934.38 ↓ -51%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $934.38 ↓ -51%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $934.38 ↓ -51%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $934.38 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $934.38 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $934.38 ↓ -51%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $934.38 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,149.29 ↓ -40%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,149.29 ↓ -40%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $1,326.78 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|HMO $2,457.00 ↑ +28%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,457.00 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,555.28 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,899.26 ↑ +51%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,948.40 ↑ +53%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,948.40 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,046.68 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $3,538.08 ↑ +84%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $3,832.92 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,176.90 ↑ +117%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,176.90 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,471.74 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,520.88 ↑ +135%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $4,619.16 ↑ +140%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,619.16 ↑ +140%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,815.72 ↑ +150%

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Brace back pinnacle tlso 464 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $242.40 – $1,607.13
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,464.56 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,103.20 $934.38 – $4,815.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,025.66 $281.25 – $1,012.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,003.82 $281.25 – $1,091.25
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,464.56 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,195.08 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,710.11 not published

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