Brach/thor cath 1st 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

$839.28

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.

$2,141.00

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.

$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.

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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
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
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

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