Bx bone trocar/ndl deep at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$2,347.69
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.
$5,989.00
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.
$170.89 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 | $170.89 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $170.89 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $170.89 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $170.89 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $170.89 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $210.19 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $210.19 | ↓ -91% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $269.38 | ↓ -89% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $269.38 | ↓ -89% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,234.44 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -12% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -12% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -12% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,514.60 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2,560.32 | ↑ +9% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,834.64 | ↑ +21% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,886.20 | ↑ +66% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,886.20 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,206.24 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,480.56 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,480.56 | ↑ +91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,567.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,906.00 | ↑ +109% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,556.00 | ↑ +137% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | ↑ +217% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $8,190.00 | ↑ +249% |
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Bx bone trocar/ndl deep at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,779.55 | $210.19 – $3,763.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,756.32 | $170.89 – $6,121.08 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,587.41 | $170.89 – $1,665.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,047.55 | $170.89 – $4,415.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,025.48 | $170.89 – $4,360.01 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,972.17 | $2,345.04 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,381.01 | $2,124.23 – $9,858.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,548.21 | $0.80 – $2,150.00 |