Impl neurostim electr perc at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$7,352.36
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.
$18,756.00
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.
$500.71 with Partnership Health Plan vs $18,380.88 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $500.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $500.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $500.71 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $500.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $500.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $615.87 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $615.87 | ↓ -92% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $789.28 | ↓ -89% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $789.28 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,567.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,906.00 | ↓ -33% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $5,064.12 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,556.00 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $8,190.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $8,338.82 | ↑ +13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $8,338.82 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $8,338.82 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8,338.82 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $8,338.82 | ↑ +13% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8,338.82 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $8,338.82 | ↑ +13% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $8,338.82 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $8,338.82 | ↑ +13% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $10,315.80 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $10,503.36 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $11,628.72 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $15,942.60 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $15,942.60 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $17,255.52 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $18,380.88 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $18,380.88 | ↑ +150% |
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Impl neurostim electr perc at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $8,027.57 | $500.71 – $18,380.88 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $849.15 | $329.85 – $1,249.50 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $13,093.23 | $7,809.00 – $35,965.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $16,565.82 | $2,995.00 – $15,575.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $6,776.85 | $422.63 – $20,528.39 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $5,391.80 | $422.63 – $19,786.40 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $9,621.14 | $422.63 – $20,281.06 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $6,776.85 | $500.71 – $24,733.00 |