Intubation endotracheal emergency procedure at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$258.33
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.
$659.00
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.
$67.93 with Partnership Health Plan vs $6,182.00 with United — 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 | $67.93 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $67.93 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.93 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.93 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.93 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $83.55 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $83.55 | ↓ -68% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $107.08 | ↓ -59% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $107.08 | ↓ -59% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $177.93 | ↓ -31% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $237.91 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $295.06 | ↑ +14% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↑ +14% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↑ +14% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↑ +14% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↑ +14% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $329.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $369.04 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $408.58 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $533.79 | ↑ +107% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $560.15 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $560.15 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $645.82 | ↑ +150% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,149.00 | ↑ +345% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,149.00 | ↑ +345% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↑ +1473% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,152.00 | ↑ +1507% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↑ +1589% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,926.00 | ↑ +1807% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +1930% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +2003% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,120.00 | ↑ +2269% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +2293% |
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Intubation endotracheal emergency procedure at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $473.52 | $83.55 – $1,001.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $364.53 | $46.44 – $638.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $590.07 | $319.18 – $1,921.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $543.14 | $67.93 – $1,243.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $364.31 | $67.93 – $315.56 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $529.79 | $67.93 – $1,256.64 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $524.08 | $67.93 – $12,607.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,157.19 | $336.29 – $6,200.00 |