Handpiece aquabeam hp2000 at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$5,507.21
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.
$14,049.00
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.
$3,793.23 with MHS HSPCC vs $13,768.02 with MultiPlan — 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 | $3,793.23 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,024.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,867.44 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,710.38 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $11,941.65 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,941.65 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,667.00 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $12,925.08 | ↑ +135% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $13,768.02 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,768.02 | ↑ +150% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Handpiece aquabeam hp2000 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $10,177.05 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,012.98 | $7,024.50 – $13,768.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,791.31 | $7,805.00 – $12,488.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,728.87 | $7,805.00 – $15,453.90 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $8,453.25 | $9,256.00 – $9,256.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,790.18 | $11,046.00 – $11,046.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $5,304.00 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $4,790.18 | $11,059.00 – $11,059.00 |