Change nephroureteral cath at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$2,302.22
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.
$5,873.00
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.
$518.22 with Molina vs $8,190.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 | $518.22 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $518.22 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $518.22 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $518.22 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $518.22 | ↓ -77% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $569.50 | ↓ -75% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $569.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $637.41 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $637.41 | ↓ -72% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,539.54 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +13% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +13% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +13% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,136.10 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $3,193.12 | ↑ +39% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,535.24 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↑ +90% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,846.70 | ↑ +111% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,846.70 | ↑ +111% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,245.84 | ↑ +128% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,556.00 | ↑ +141% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,587.96 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,587.96 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | ↑ +223% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $8,190.00 | ↑ +256% |
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Change nephroureteral cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,196.62 | $637.41 – $4,655.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,513.65 | $518.22 – $5,587.96 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,138.08 | $518.22 – $4,609.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,211.91 | $518.22 – $4,552.77 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,256.97 | $2,688.58 – $9,858.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,020.08 | $451.60 – $2,472.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,395.07 | $2,908.69 – $4,737.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,948.16 | $2,285.30 – $6,920.00 |