Bronchoscopy w/tumor excise at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
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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.
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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.
$241.81 with Molina vs $8,190.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 | $241.81 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $241.81 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $241.81 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $241.81 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $241.81 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $297.43 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $297.43 | — |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $381.18 | — |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $381.18 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,567.00 | — |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,684.64 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,906.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,556.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $8,190.00 | — |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | not published by hospital | — |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Bronchoscopy w/tumor excise at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $514.58 | $241.81 – $1,387.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $509.03 | $241.81 – $1,387.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $732.03 | $128.20 – $1,282.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $372.21 | $241.81 – $1,266.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $3,222.48 | $411.07 – $4,059.16 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $725.64 | $241.81 – $1,409.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $2,362.12 | $480.59 – $4,659.00 |
| St. Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | $367.34 | $314.50 – $629.00 |