Ins tun cv cath wo subq prt/pm at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$3,749.09
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.
$9,564.00
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.
$158.83 with Partnership Health Plan vs $9,372.72 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 | $158.83 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $158.83 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $158.83 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $158.83 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $158.83 | ↓ -96% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.65 | ↓ -95% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.65 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $195.36 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $195.36 | ↓ -95% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $2,582.28 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,152.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,567.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,906.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,260.20 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,355.84 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,929.68 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,120.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +83% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +83% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +83% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +83% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | ↑ +98% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,129.40 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,129.40 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8,798.88 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,372.72 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $9,372.72 | ↑ +150% |
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Ins tun cv cath wo subq prt/pm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,793.13 | $195.36 – $12,754.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $10,405.53 | $1,921.00 – $15,313.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,093.40 | $158.83 – $9,372.72 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,461.43 | $158.83 – $7,464.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,424.11 | $158.83 – $7,370.70 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $11,569.86 | $5,592.00 – $27,307.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $11,638.20 | $5,835.00 – $27,307.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $6,316.35 | $2,335.00 – $7,497.28 |