Convert nephrostomy catheter at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,540.96
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.
$3,931.00
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.
$478.71 with MHS HSPCC vs $6,120.00 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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| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $478.71 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -46% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -46% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -46% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -46% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -46% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $826.13 | ↓ -46% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $975.15 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $992.88 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,016.14 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,016.14 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,099.26 | ↓ -29% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,507.05 | ↓ -2% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,507.05 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,631.16 | ↑ +6% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,737.54 | ↑ +13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,773.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,773.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,773.00 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,773.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,773.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,773.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,773.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,773.00 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↑ +164% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,152.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↑ +183% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +240% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +253% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,120.00 | ↑ +297% |
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Convert nephrostomy catheter at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,049.45 | $646.92 – $4,655.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,616.99 | $826.13 – $1,773.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,187.42 | $826.13 – $1,845.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,114.29 | $826.13 – $4,302.34 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,025.66 | $826.13 – $3,858.12 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,572.95 | $2,238.00 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,072.16 | $1,894.00 – $5,171.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $5,653.73 | $1,123.54 – $7,121.66 |