Ortho ewh rgd without jnt cstm w/fit&adj at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$179.93
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.
$459.00
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.
$50.54 with Health Net vs $327.18 with Health Net — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $50.54 | ↓ -72% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $71.82 | ↓ -60% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $133.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $133.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $138.32 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $156.94 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $159.60 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $159.60 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $164.92 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $191.52 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $207.48 | ↑ +15% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $226.10 | ↑ +26% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $226.10 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $242.06 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $244.72 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $250.04 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $250.04 | ↑ +39% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $260.68 | ↑ +45% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $266.00 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $266.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $266.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $266.00 | ↑ +48% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $266.00 | ↑ +48% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $266.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $266.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $327.18 | ↑ +82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $327.18 | ↑ +82% |
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Ortho ewh rgd without jnt cstm w/fit&adj at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $196.46 | $133.00 – $266.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $854.10 | $733.55 – $1,898.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $655.14 | $263.01 – $2,032.35 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $521.24 | $549.93 – $2,127.99 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $930.10 | $263.01 – $2,295.36 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $655.14 | $263.01 – $2,391.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $688.61 | $549.93 – $2,151.90 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $920.62 – $1,703.15 |