Bronch ebus ivntj perph les 31654 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

$3,907.07

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.

$9,967.00

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.

$128.82 with CenCal vs $9,767.66 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
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $128.82 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $128.82 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $128.82 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $128.82 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $128.82 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $128.82 ↓ -97%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $128.82 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $158.45 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $158.45 ↓ -96%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $2,691.09 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $4,063.00 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,152.00 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $4,363.00 ↑ +12%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,983.50 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,243.00 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,432.00 ↑ +39%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,581.52 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $6,120.00 ↑ +57%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,179.54 ↑ +58%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,471.95 ↑ +117%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,471.95 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9,169.64 ↑ +135%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,767.66 ↑ +150%

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Bronch ebus ivntj perph les 31654 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,265.88 $128.82 – $9,767.66
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $402.91 $128.82 – $879.66
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $398.57 $128.82 – $1,075.14
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $650.94 $114.00 – $912.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $294.59 $128.82 – $841.68
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $541.27 $128.82 – $1,040.49
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $1,211.00 $1,142.00 – $3,623.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $194.89 – $224.15

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