Catheter stripping venous at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$3,812.20
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.
$9,725.00
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.
$835.43 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,439.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $835.43 | ↓ -78% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $917.87 | ↓ -76% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $917.87 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,027.58 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,027.58 | ↓ -73% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,894.32 | ↓ -50% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,858.80 | ↑ +1% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $3,928.96 | ↑ +3% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +5% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +5% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,152.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,349.92 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $5,582.00 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,963.60 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,963.60 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $5,997.00 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,120.00 | ↑ +61% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,454.72 | ↑ +69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $6,875.68 | ↑ +80% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,875.68 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | ↑ +95% |
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Catheter stripping venous at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,913.19 | $1,027.58 – $7,477.22 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,162.30 | $835.43 – $7,095.20 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,068.17 | $835.43 – $6,616.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,308.14 | $835.43 – $7,121.06 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,281.04 | $728.03 – $8,132.88 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,084.48 | $3,451.89 – $7,883.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $2,937.73 | $906.24 – $3,700.48 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $4,749.33 | $835.43 – $9,129.78 |