Echo transesophageal intraop at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,026.26
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.
$2,618.00
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.
$256.00 with CenCal vs $5,865.00 with United — 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 | $256.00 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $256.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $256.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $256.00 | ↓ -75% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $256.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $256.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $256.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $314.88 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $314.88 | ↓ -69% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $562.63 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -32% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -32% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $706.86 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,309.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,466.08 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,623.16 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,094.40 | ↑ +104% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,225.30 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,225.30 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $2,460.92 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,513.28 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,565.64 | ↑ +150% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,500.00 | ↑ +338% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,865.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Echo transesophageal intraop at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $806.31 | $775.83 – $2,197.46 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,828.32 | $597.36 – $1,300.14 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $861.70 | $280.31 – $1,300.14 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $762.42 | $230.40 – $1,985.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $1,404.81 | $230.40 – $3,267.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $780.85 | $542.13 – $1,300.14 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $1,377.89 | $256.00 – $7,832.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $1,347.36 | $597.36 – $1,300.14 |