Implant cochlear osia osi300 at French Hospital

1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$7,160.28

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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.

$18,266.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,214.10 with Health Net vs $6,262.20 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Health Net Commercial|FFS $1,214.10 ↓ -83%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $1,469.70 ↓ -79%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $1,469.70 ↓ -79%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $1,725.30 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|HMO $3,195.00 ↓ -55%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3,195.00 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,322.80 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,770.10 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,834.00 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,834.00 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,961.80 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $4,600.80 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $4,984.20 ↓ -30%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,431.50 ↓ -24%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,431.50 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,814.90 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,878.80 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $6,006.60 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,006.60 ↓ -16%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,262.20 ↓ -13%

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Implant cochlear osia osi300 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $27,771.39 $1,533.12 – $4,982.64
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $32,360.40 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,817.85 $1,469.70 – $6,262.20
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $24,136.80 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $12,709.20 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $14,952.00 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $12,709.20 not published
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $32,360.40 not published

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