Discography cerv/thor spine at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$2,817.70
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.
$7,188.00
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.
$144.11 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,704.12 with Cigna — 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 | $144.11 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $144.11 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $144.11 | ↓ -95% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $144.11 | ↓ -95% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $144.11 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $144.11 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $144.11 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $177.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $177.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $475.59 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $929.71 | ↓ -67% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,940.76 | ↓ -31% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,008.72 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↓ -12% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↓ -12% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↓ -12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,451.17 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $3,525.58 | ↑ +25% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,594.00 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,947.38 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,947.38 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,947.38 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,025.28 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,456.56 | ↑ +58% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,109.80 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,109.80 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,044.24 | ↑ +150% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9,704.12 | ↑ +244% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,704.12 | ↑ +244% |
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Discography cerv/thor spine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,985.90 | $218.03 – $8,500.48 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,076.47 | $144.11 – $8,254.75 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,670.00 | $144.11 – $2,158.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,644.12 | $144.11 – $9,206.42 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,615.61 | $144.11 – $9,206.42 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,992.74 | $144.11 – $3,357.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,967.56 | $144.11 – $3,529.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $2,360.70 | $144.11 – $28,687.56 |