Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,772.24
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.
$4,521.00
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.
$99.26 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,120.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $99.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.26 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $108.92 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $108.92 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $122.09 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $122.09 | ↓ -93% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $682.29 | ↓ -62% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,389.85 | ↓ -22% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,415.12 | ↓ -20% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,566.74 | ↓ -12% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,147.95 | ↑ +21% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,147.95 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,324.84 | ↑ +31% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,476.46 | ↑ +40% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,527.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,527.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,527.00 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,527.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $2,527.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,527.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,527.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,527.00 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,152.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↑ +146% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +196% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +207% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,120.00 | ↑ +245% |
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Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,179.54 | $122.09 – $5,386.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6,133.26 | $1,921.00 – $4,341.89 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,934.99 | $99.26 – $4,430.58 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,842.49 | $99.26 – $1,830.64 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,321.88 | $99.26 – $3,563.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,307.63 | $99.26 – $3,563.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,205.68 | $4,316.00 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,796.04 | $4,061.05 – $8,018.00 |