Insert swan-ganz cath at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,929.43
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.
$4,922.00
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.
$145.71 with Molina vs $9,533.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.71 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $145.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.22 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.22 | ↓ -91% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $231.00 | ↓ -88% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $231.00 | ↓ -88% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,305.99 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +2% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +2% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +2% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +2% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +2% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +2% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,418.50 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2,708.72 | ↑ +40% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,998.94 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,917.97 | ↑ +103% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,111.45 | ↑ +113% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,111.45 | ↑ +113% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,152.00 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,740.26 | ↑ +146% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,740.26 | ↑ +146% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,926.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,120.00 | ↑ +217% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,176.00 | ↑ +272% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7,705.00 | ↑ +299% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,533.00 | ↑ +394% |
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Insert swan-ganz cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,137.93 | $141.65 – $3,734.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,070.24 | $145.71 – $4,740.26 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,669.13 | $145.71 – $3,599.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,651.14 | $145.71 – $3,211.35 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,628.03 | $2,235.08 – $7,745.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,763.58 | $2,024.63 – $9,008.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,517.76 | $2,120.93 – $7,151.31 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,480.38 | $145.71 – $7,421.00 |