Des thora aorta/ea add prox prosth 33884 at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,288.90
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.
$3,288.00
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.
$401.59 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 | $401.59 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $401.59 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $401.59 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $401.59 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $401.59 | ↓ -69% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $441.33 | ↓ -66% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $441.33 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $493.96 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $493.96 | ↓ -62% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $887.76 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,644.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,841.28 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,038.56 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,794.80 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,794.80 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,024.96 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,222.24 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $3,222.24 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,108.00 | ↑ +451% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7,631.00 | ↑ +492% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,533.00 | ↑ +640% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $10,257.00 | ↑ +696% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $15,121.00 | ↑ +1073% |
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Des thora aorta/ea add prox prosth 33884 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,511.27 | $401.59 – $3,460.38 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,324.64 | $4,666.00 – $9,718.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $12,486.60 | $401.59 – $24,973.20 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $419.04 | $5,463.00 – $11,840.00 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $642.95 | $5,821.00 – $9,891.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $493.96 – $601.93 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $6,619.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $401.59 – $401.59 |