Cardioversion elective electrical conversion arrhythmia external at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$2,350.83
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.
$5,997.00
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.
$175.66 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,432.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $216.06 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $216.06 | ↓ -91% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $626.75 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -65% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -65% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $993.87 | ↓ -58% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,898.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2,061.36 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,189.00 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,264.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,282.22 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,708.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,078.67 | ↑ +31% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,128.85 | ↑ +33% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,128.85 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $3,381.49 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,532.90 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,532.90 | ↑ +50% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,607.38 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $3,734.78 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $3,987.13 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +123% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +131% |
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Cardioversion elective electrical conversion arrhythmia external at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,247.87 | $150.32 – $2,336.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $974.43 | $130.88 – $1,944.85 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,521.66 | $890.70 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,770.64 | $175.66 – $3,607.38 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $889.78 | $84.34 – $319.48 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $920.83 | $175.66 – $2,035.24 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $910.90 | $175.66 – $2,035.24 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,435.98 | $938.45 – $6,200.00 |