Inj hrt cath w/s&i sel right vent at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$232.07
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.
$592.00
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.
$159.84 with MHS HSPCC vs $7,705.00 with Aetna — 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 | $159.84 | ↓ -31% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $177.51 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $177.51 | ↓ -24% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $177.51 | ↓ -24% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $177.51 | ↓ -24% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $177.51 | ↓ -24% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $196.20 | ↓ -15% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $196.20 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $218.34 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $218.34 | ↓ -6% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $296.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $331.52 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $367.04 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $503.20 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $503.20 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $544.64 | ↑ +135% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $580.16 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $580.16 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,176.00 | ↑ +2992% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | ↑ +3105% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7,705.00 | ↑ +3220% |
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Inj hrt cath w/s&i sel right vent at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $83.22 | $51.30 – $337.46 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $249.96 | $177.51 – $572.32 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $627.99 | $154.69 – $1,794.24 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $266.40 | $1,200.00 – $5,357.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,886.85 | $177.51 – $3,773.70 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $612.50 | $1,287.00 – $5,446.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,041.30 | $176.58 – $1,696.13 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,056.30 | $1,311.00 – $5,149.00 |