Endovenous rf abl vein addl at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$3,602.88
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.
$9,191.00
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.
$437.82 with Molina vs $13,159.00 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $437.82 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $437.82 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $437.82 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $437.82 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $437.82 | ↓ -88% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $481.24 | ↓ -87% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $481.24 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $538.52 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $538.52 | ↓ -85% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $2,481.57 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,055.05 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,146.96 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,698.42 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,812.35 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,812.35 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8,455.72 | ↑ +135% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $8,926.00 | ↑ +148% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,007.18 | ↑ +150% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $13,159.00 | ↑ +265% |
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Endovenous rf abl vein addl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,933.75 | $437.82 – $9,007.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,659.92 | $437.82 – $4,758.83 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,441.29 | $437.82 – $5,293.53 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,758.31 | $0.80 – $2,457.84 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,228.54 | $437.82 – $6,206.31 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $937.08 | $125.31 – $2,729.87 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $745.56 | $125.31 – $2,631.20 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $1,330.38 | $125.31 – $2,696.98 |