Ins cath ren art 2nd+ uni at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$4,263.00
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.
$10,875.00
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.
$316.27 with CenCal vs $10,329.20 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $316.27 | ↓ -93% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $316.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $316.46 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $316.46 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $316.46 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $316.46 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $316.46 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $389.25 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $389.25 | ↓ -91% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $2,845.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,567.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,906.00 | ↑ +15% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $5,369.73 | ↑ +26% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,797.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,902.40 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,534.80 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +61% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +61% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +61% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +61% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +61% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,959.00 | ↑ +110% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,959.00 | ↑ +110% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,533.00 | ↑ +124% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,696.80 | ↑ +127% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,329.20 | ↑ +142% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $10,329.20 | ↑ +142% |
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Ins cath ren art 2nd+ uni at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,707.67 | $478.78 – $12,900.80 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,654.50 | $316.27 – $10,657.50 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,101.25 | $316.46 – $6,868.48 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,099.69 | $316.46 – $6,868.48 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $12,411.36 | $2,803.20 – $27,307.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,506.06 | $0.80 – $2,366.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $10,545.27 | $2,681.54 – $15,575.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $5,365.92 | $4,114.00 – $13,240.19 |