Ghs nerve block lumbar or thoracic symp at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$817.72
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.
$2,086.00
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.
$96.13 with Partnership Health Plan 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $96.13 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $96.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $96.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $96.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $96.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.24 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.24 | ↓ -86% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $151.53 | ↓ -81% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $151.53 | ↓ -81% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $563.22 | ↓ -31% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $948.72 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,147.30 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,168.16 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,293.32 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,773.10 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,773.10 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,919.12 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,044.28 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↑ +397% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,152.00 | ↑ +408% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↑ +434% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +541% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +564% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,120.00 | ↑ +648% |
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Ghs nerve block lumbar or thoracic symp at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $892.81 | $96.13 – $2,044.28 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,850.15 | $58.47 – $221.48 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,014.39 | $96.13 – $2,183.56 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,588.80 | $1,137.58 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,380.06 | $1,191.69 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $5,755.86 | $5,981.00 – $20,799.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $961.38 | $96.13 – $2,746.80 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,107.32 | $1,230.71 – $4,042.00 |