Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$2,059.18
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.
$5,253.00
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.
$232.41 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 | $232.41 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $232.41 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $232.41 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $232.41 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $232.41 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $285.86 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $285.86 | ↓ -86% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $366.36 | ↓ -82% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $366.36 | ↓ -82% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,418.31 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -0% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -0% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -0% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -0% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -0% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -0% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↓ -0% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,889.15 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2,941.68 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,256.86 | ↑ +58% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,465.05 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,465.05 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,567.00 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,832.76 | ↑ +135% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,906.00 | ↑ +138% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,147.94 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,147.94 | ↑ +150% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,556.00 | ↑ +170% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | ↑ +261% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $8,190.00 | ↑ +298% |
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Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,056.33 | $226.00 – $3,763.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,014.10 | $2,225.71 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,248.29 | $232.41 – $5,147.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $309.69 | $120.30 – $455.70 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,714.40 | $232.41 – $3,696.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,695.91 | $232.41 – $3,650.59 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,404.25 | $2,345.04 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,357.22 | $2,124.23 – $9,858.00 |