Brach/thor cath 1st at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$839.28
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.
$2,141.00
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.
$206.77 with Molina vs $9,533.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $206.77 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $206.77 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $206.77 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $206.77 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $206.77 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $254.33 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $254.33 | ↓ -70% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $325.95 | ↓ -61% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $325.95 | ↓ -61% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $478.71 | ↓ -43% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $975.15 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $992.88 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,099.26 | ↑ +31% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,507.05 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,507.05 | ↑ +80% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,631.16 | ↑ +94% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,737.54 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,737.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,567.00 | ↑ +444% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,906.00 | ↑ +485% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,533.00 | ↑ +1036% |
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Brach/thor cath 1st at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $971.49 | $254.33 – $1,730.04 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $916.35 | $206.77 – $1,760.08 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $625.14 | $206.77 – $1,499.65 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $618.40 | $206.77 – $1,668.15 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $854.25 | $1,856.73 – $7,745.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $580.89 | $2,699.00 – $26,648.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,851.99 | $0.80 – $5,292.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $867.00 | $1,716.00 – $5,318.00 |