Implnt spinl canal catheter 62350 at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$5,312.78
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.
$13,553.00
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.
$299.48 with Molina vs $13,281.94 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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| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $299.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $299.48 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $299.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $299.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $299.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $368.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $368.36 | ↓ -93% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $472.09 | ↓ -91% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $472.09 | ↓ -91% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $3,659.31 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,567.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,906.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,556.00 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,454.15 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,589.68 | ↑ +43% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $8,137.01 | ↑ +53% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $8,137.01 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $8,137.01 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8,137.01 | ↑ +53% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $8,137.01 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8,137.01 | ↑ +53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $8,137.01 | ↑ +53% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $8,137.01 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $8,137.01 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $8,190.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,402.86 | ↑ +58% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,520.05 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $11,520.05 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $12,468.76 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,281.94 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $13,281.94 | ↑ +150% |
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Implnt spinl canal catheter 62350 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,800.69 | $299.48 – $13,281.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,396.94 | $299.48 – $11,637.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,911.19 | $299.48 – $9,086.09 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $10,223.46 | $2,995.00 – $12,460.49 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $12,251.17 | $509.12 – $15,432.06 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $9,937.71 | $595.22 – $19,208.98 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $368.36 – $15,508.42 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $2,570.00 – $11,826.43 |