Open aortofemor prosth repr at French Hospital

1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$3,900.40

Cash price

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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.

$9,950.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,983.17 with BCBS - Anthem vs $17,357.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,983.17 ↓ -49%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $1,983.17 ↓ -49%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1,983.17 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1,983.17 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $1,983.17 ↓ -49%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $2,179.42 ↓ -44%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $2,179.42 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $2,439.30 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $2,439.30 ↓ -37%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $2,686.50 ↓ -31%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,975.00 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,572.00 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,169.00 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $7,108.00 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $7,631.00 ↑ +96%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,457.50 ↑ +117%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,457.50 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9,154.00 ↑ +135%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,751.00 ↑ +150%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $9,751.00 ↑ +150%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10,257.00 ↑ +163%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $15,121.00 ↑ +288%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17,357.00 ↑ +345%

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Open aortofemor prosth repr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,395.14 $1,983.17 – $10,063.62
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $2,439.30 – $2,972.54
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $6,619.00 – $6,619.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $1,983.17 – $1,983.17
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $1,983.17 – $5,252.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $1,983.17 – $5,252.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $10,593.00 – $12,563.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $10,413.00 – $13,524.00

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