Device intraute mirena at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$3,812.99
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.
$9,727.00
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.
$999.28 with CenCal vs $9,532.46 with MultiPlan — 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 | $999.28 | ↓ -74% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $999.28 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,214.63 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,214.63 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,214.63 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,214.63 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,214.63 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,457.56 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1,457.56 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,978.58 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,290.45 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,290.45 | ↓ -40% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $2,626.29 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,863.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,447.12 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,030.74 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $6,808.90 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,808.90 | ↑ +79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7,146.62 | ↑ +87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,146.62 | ↑ +87% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,267.95 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,267.95 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,532.46 | ↑ +150% |
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Device intraute mirena at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,363.57 | $1,078.61 – $3,133.75 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,163.16 | $999.28 – $9,532.46 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,963.83 | $1,214.63 – $5,832.66 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,245.82 | $735.72 – $2,686.40 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,363.57 | $1,167.54 – $3,133.75 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,363.57 | $1,392.68 – $3,133.75 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,363.57 | $1,238.93 – $2,750.17 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $806.15 | $712.92 – $4,090.95 |