Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,530.76
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.
$3,905.00
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.
$124.47 with MHS HSPCC vs $5,432.00 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.
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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| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $124.47 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.10 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $149.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.10 | ↓ -90% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $163.86 | ↓ -89% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $163.86 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $183.39 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $183.39 | ↓ -88% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $253.55 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $258.16 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $285.82 | ↓ -81% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $391.85 | ↓ -74% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $391.85 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $424.12 | ↓ -72% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $424.78 | ↓ -72% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $451.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $461.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $461.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $461.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $461.00 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $461.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $461.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $461.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $461.00 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,282.00 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1,890.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,567.00 | ↑ +198% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,906.00 | ↑ +220% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +243% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +255% |
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Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $204.55 | $126.09 – $934.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $184.79 | $79.81 – $343.38 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,069.98 | $593.00 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,671.34 | $149.10 – $453.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,300.04 | $28.20 – $149.10 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $159.16 | $149.10 – $429.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $157.45 | $149.10 – $429.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $850.17 | $634.29 – $6,200.00 |