Ghs paravert facet/nerve cerv ea add bil at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$385.34
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.
$983.00
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.
$92.71 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 | $92.71 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $92.71 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $92.71 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $92.71 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $92.71 | ↓ -76% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $101.88 | ↓ -74% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $101.88 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.03 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.03 | ↓ -70% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $219.51 | ↓ -43% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $447.15 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $455.28 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $504.06 | ↑ +31% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $691.05 | ↑ +79% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $691.05 | ↑ +79% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $747.96 | ↑ +94% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $796.74 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↑ +954% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,152.00 | ↑ +977% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↑ +1032% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +1261% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +1310% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,120.00 | ↑ +1488% |
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Ghs paravert facet/nerve cerv ea add bil at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $242.66 | $114.03 – $432.12 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $885.06 | $113.98 – $269.66 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $420.73 | $92.71 – $963.34 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $199.80 | $77.61 – $294.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $432.59 | $92.71 – $1,037.74 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,496.27 | $2,699.00 – $21,319.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $326.64 | $80.79 – $933.24 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,079.78 | $1,716.00 – $12,908.00 |