Ecmo/ecls remove cent cannula 6yrs&older 33986 at French Hospital

1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$355.55 with Molina vs $13,440.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $355.55
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $355.55
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $355.55
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $355.55
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $355.55
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $355.55
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $355.55
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $437.33
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $437.33
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,282.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $1,890.00
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $7,108.00
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $7,631.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $13,440.00
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
Health Net Commercial|FFS not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS not published by hospital
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Ecmo/ecls remove cent cannula 6yrs&older 33986 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $276.49 $355.30 – $633.08
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $831.70 $355.55 – $2,981.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $4,453.40 $353.00 – $8,261.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $537.92 – $618.66
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $593.00 – $6,619.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $355.55 – $355.55
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $355.55 – $856.88
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $355.55 – $856.88

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