Forearm/arm cuffs ext/flex a at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$305.37
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.
$779.00
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.
$148.01 with Health Net vs $958.17 with Health Net — 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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| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $148.01 | ↓ -52% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $210.33 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $389.50 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $389.50 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $405.08 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $459.61 | ↑ +51% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $467.40 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $467.40 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $482.98 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $560.88 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $607.62 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $662.15 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $662.15 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $708.89 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $716.68 | ↑ +135% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $732.26 | ↑ +140% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $732.26 | ↑ +140% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $763.42 | ↑ +150% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $779.00 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $779.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $779.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $779.00 | ↑ +155% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $779.00 | ↑ +155% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $779.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $779.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $958.17 | ↑ +214% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $958.17 | ↑ +214% |
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Forearm/arm cuffs ext/flex a at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $333.42 | $389.50 – $779.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $2,447.55 | $803.64 – $5,439.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $1,569.50 | $723.28 – $4,018.20 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $1,427.15 | $766.50 – $4,018.20 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $1,189.90 | $40.00 – $3,613.50 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $1,690.58 | $678.70 – $5,244.50 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $1,215.45 | $730.00 – $4,018.20 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,345.06 | $803.64 – $5,491.30 |