Des thor aorta/prox ext prosth/ini 33883 at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$3,565.24
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.
$9,095.00
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.
$1,089.85 with BCBS - Anthem vs $15,121.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,089.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,089.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,089.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,089.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,089.85 | ↓ -69% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,197.69 | ↓ -66% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,197.69 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,340.52 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,340.52 | ↓ -62% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $2,455.65 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,547.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,093.20 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,638.90 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,108.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7,631.00 | ↑ +114% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,730.75 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,730.75 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8,367.40 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,913.10 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $8,913.10 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,533.00 | ↑ +167% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $10,257.00 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $15,121.00 | ↑ +324% |
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Des thor aorta/prox ext prosth/ini 33883 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,182.42 | $1,089.85 – $9,576.56 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,261.34 | $7,745.00 – $10,593.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,261.34 | $9,008.00 – $10,413.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,261.34 | $5,318.00 – $6,732.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,324.64 | $4,666.00 – $9,718.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $12,486.60 | $1,089.85 – $24,973.20 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $1,159.20 | $5,463.00 – $11,840.00 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $642.95 | $5,821.00 – $9,891.00 |