Cath uret open tp 6fx70cm 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

$397.10

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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.

$1,013.00

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.

$4.37 with Health Net vs $22.54 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 $4.37 ↓ -99%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $5.29 ↓ -99%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $5.29 ↓ -99%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $6.21 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|HMO $11.50 ↓ -97%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $11.50 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11.96 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13.57 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $13.80 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.80 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $16.56 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $17.94 ↓ -95%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $19.55 ↓ -95%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19.55 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $20.93 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $21.16 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $21.62 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $21.62 ↓ -95%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $22.54 ↓ -94%

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Cath uret open tp 6fx70cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $152.87 $5.52 – $17.94
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,142.65 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $433.57 $5.29 – $22.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $417.38 $6.25 – $22.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $317.46 $6.25 – $24.25
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,142.65 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,224.27 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $750.88 not published

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