Closure paravalvlr leak pq at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$856.92
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.
$2,186.00
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.
$584.01 with MHS HSPCC vs $7,631.00 with Aetna — 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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| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $584.01 | ↓ -32% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $736.62 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -8% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -8% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,081.50 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,211.28 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,341.06 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,838.55 | ↑ +115% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,838.55 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,989.96 | ↑ +132% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,119.74 | ↑ +147% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,152.00 | ↑ +385% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,120.00 | ↑ +614% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,108.00 | ↑ +729% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7,631.00 | ↑ +791% |
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Closure paravalvlr leak pq at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,812.31 | $785.56 – $2,754.96 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,511.70 | $785.56 – $2,142.28 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $50,658.85 | $785.56 – $37,269.45 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $11,588.01 | $745.61 – $31,414.32 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $24,176.55 | $872.87 – $2,741.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $20,223.54 | $785.56 – $33,967.89 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $22,815.00 | $849.40 – $43,095.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $16,786.00 | $806.82 – $4,751.00 |