Intro cath dialysis circuit at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,546.84
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.
$3,946.00
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.
$387.45 with MHS HSPCC vs $18,271.00 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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| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $387.45 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $518.24 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $518.24 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $518.24 | ↓ -66% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $518.24 | ↓ -66% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $518.24 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $518.24 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $518.24 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $637.44 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $637.44 | ↓ -59% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $789.25 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $803.60 | ↓ -48% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $889.70 | ↓ -42% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,219.75 | ↓ -21% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,219.75 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,320.20 | ↓ -15% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,406.30 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,435.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,435.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,435.00 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,435.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,435.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,435.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,435.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,435.00 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↑ +163% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↑ +182% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +239% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +251% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $12,394.00 | ↑ +701% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $18,271.00 | ↑ +1081% |
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Intro cath dialysis circuit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $762.56 | $470.07 – $3,482.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,842.54 | $518.24 – $1,435.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,890.25 | $518.24 – $2,445.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,869.87 | $518.24 – $2,415.03 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,628.03 | $2,235.08 – $16,692.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,587.63 | $2,024.63 – $17,420.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,448.25 | $0.80 – $1,414.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,567.74 | $2,190.38 – $6,682.00 |