Cesarean section delivery only 59514 at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
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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.
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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.
$781.35 with Molina vs $9,832.00 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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| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $781.35 | — |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $781.35 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $781.35 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $781.35 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $781.35 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $781.35 | — |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $781.35 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $961.06 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $961.06 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,349.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $9,360.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,832.00 | — |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | not published by hospital | — |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Cesarean section delivery only 59514 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,781.55 | $692.03 – $2,621.50 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $1,182.10 – $1,359.55 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $2,937.00 – $2,937.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $781.35 – $1,182.10 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $781.35 – $1,883.05 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $781.35 – $1,883.05 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $8,552.00 – $9,256.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $8,925.00 – $11,046.00 |