Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$4,515.84
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.
$11,520.00
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.
$687.82 with Partnership Health Plan vs $10,550.68 with MultiPlan — 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 | $687.82 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $687.82 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $687.82 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $687.82 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $687.82 | ↓ -85% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $755.90 | ↓ -83% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $755.90 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $846.02 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $846.02 | ↓ -81% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $2,906.82 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,152.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↓ -1% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↓ -1% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↓ -1% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,567.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,906.00 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,921.30 | ↑ +31% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,028.96 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,120.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,674.92 | ↑ +48% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,151.10 | ↑ +103% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $9,151.10 | ↑ +103% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,904.72 | ↑ +119% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,550.68 | ↑ +134% |
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Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,490.91 | $846.02 – $8,890.24 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $7,170.60 | $1,921.00 – $11,185.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,930.56 | $687.82 – $10,550.68 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,358.64 | $687.82 – $3,449.60 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,596.11 | $687.82 – $7,754.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,557.34 | $687.82 – $7,657.47 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $7,972.83 | $5,083.67 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $11,772.33 | $4,604.99 – $17,611.00 |