Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$179.93
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.
$459.00
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.
$38.57 with Health Net vs $198.94 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 | $38.57 | ↓ -79% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.69 | ↓ -74% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $46.69 | ↓ -74% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $54.81 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $101.50 | ↓ -44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $101.50 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $105.56 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $119.77 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $121.80 | ↓ -32% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $121.80 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $125.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $146.16 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $158.34 | ↓ -12% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $172.55 | ↓ -4% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $172.55 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $184.73 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $186.76 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $190.82 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $190.82 | ↑ +6% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $198.94 | ↑ +11% |
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Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $977.62 | $48.72 – $158.34 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $453.57 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $196.46 | $46.69 – $198.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $320.92 | $33.75 – $121.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $317.46 | $33.75 – $130.95 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $351.11 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $429.56 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $293.48 | not published |