Critical Care (first 30 to 74 minutes) at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$3,130.12
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.
$7,985.00
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.
$190.30 with CenCal vs $9,313.00 with United — 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $190.30 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $190.30 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $216.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $216.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $216.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $216.64 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $216.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $266.47 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $266.47 | ↓ -91% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $778.86 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -66% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -66% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,855.98 | ↓ -41% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,780.70 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $3,849.44 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,918.18 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,193.14 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,605.58 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $4,811.80 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,811.80 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $5,086.76 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $5,430.46 | ↑ +73% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,842.90 | ↑ +87% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,842.90 | ↑ +87% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,736.52 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,075.00 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $7,527.00 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,315.00 | ↑ +166% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $8,832.00 | ↑ +182% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,313.00 | ↑ +198% |
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Critical Care (first 30 to 74 minutes) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. | San Luis Obispo | $882.90 | $1,060.54 – $12,753.00 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $5,909.68 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,379.17 | $295.99 – $6,326.30 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $5,909.68 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $5,909.68 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $5,909.68 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $5,487.56 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $5,487.56 | not published |