Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$768.32
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.
$1,960.00
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.
$248.64 with BCBS - Anthem vs $15,121.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $248.64 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -68% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $273.25 | ↓ -64% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $273.25 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $305.83 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $305.83 | ↓ -60% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $513.81 | ↓ -33% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $980.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,065.68 | ↑ +39% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,179.86 | ↑ +54% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,617.55 | ↑ +111% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,617.55 | ↑ +111% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,750.76 | ↑ +128% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,864.94 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,864.94 | ↑ +143% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,108.00 | ↑ +825% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7,631.00 | ↑ +893% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $10,257.00 | ↑ +1235% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,667.00 | ↑ +1549% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $15,121.00 | ↑ +1868% |
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Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,603.04 | $305.83 – $4,635.54 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $822.62 | $248.64 – $1,883.56 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,143.86 | $248.64 – $7,541.86 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,109.96 | $248.64 – $8,389.26 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $10,556.49 | $9,256.00 – $32,162.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,170.05 | $11,046.00 – $31,625.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $4,050.93 | not published |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $785.28 | $216.68 – $2,243.64 |