Brace back t-lso custom at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$3,256.35
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.
$8,307.00
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.
$1,354.09 with CenCal vs $8,140.86 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,354.09 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,354.09 | ↓ -58% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,354.09 | ↓ -58% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,354.09 | ↓ -58% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,354.09 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,354.09 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,354.09 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,578.33 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,665.53 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,665.53 | ↓ -49% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $2,242.89 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,153.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,153.50 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,319.64 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,901.13 | ↑ +51% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,984.20 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $4,984.20 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,150.34 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $5,981.04 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $6,479.46 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,060.95 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,060.95 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,559.37 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7,642.44 | ↑ +135% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $7,808.58 | ↑ +140% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7,808.58 | ↑ +140% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,140.86 | ↑ +150% |
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Brace back t-lso custom at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,638.47 | $1,533.12 – $4,982.64 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,407.85 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,555.40 | $1,354.09 – $8,140.86 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4,453.86 | $1,354.09 – $6,390.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $4,405.84 | $1,354.09 – $6,887.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,407.85 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,570.57 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,206.58 | not published |