Cath baloon occl urnry 34f 7x2x65 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

$1,481.76

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.

$3,780.00

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.

$17.10 with Health Net vs $88.20 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
Health Net Commercial|FFS $17.10 ↓ -99%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $20.70 ↓ -99%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $20.70 ↓ -99%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $24.30 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|HMO $45.00 ↓ -97%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $45.00 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $46.80 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $53.10 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $54.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $54.00 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $55.80 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $64.80 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $70.20 ↓ -95%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $76.50 ↓ -95%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $76.50 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $81.90 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $82.80 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $84.60 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $84.60 ↓ -94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $88.20 ↓ -94%

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Cath baloon occl urnry 34f 7x2x65 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,152.59 $272.70 – $787.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $17,364.48 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,617.84 $20.70 – $88.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,025.66 $43.75 – $157.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,728.87 $33.75 – $130.95
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $17,364.48 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,940.08 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $8,282.40 not published

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