Perc cryo ablate renal tum at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$14,185.31
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.
$36,187.00
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.
$3,895.37 with CenCal vs $35,463.26 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.
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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| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,895.37 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -73% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,791.31 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,791.31 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,349.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $8,121.00 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $8,721.00 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $9,360.00 | ↓ -34% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $9,770.49 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↓ -7% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↓ -7% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↓ -7% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13,440.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $19,902.85 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $20,264.72 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $22,435.94 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $30,758.95 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $30,758.95 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $33,292.04 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $35,463.26 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $35,463.26 | ↑ +150% |
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Perc cryo ablate renal tum at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,900.35 | $3,020.76 – $22,376.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $15,488.04 | $3,895.37 – $35,463.26 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $15,687.37 | $3,895.37 – $19,537.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $15,518.23 | $3,895.37 – $19,293.38 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $11,350.76 | $0.80 – $8,105.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $15,746.25 | $3,423.00 – $15,575.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $20,419.68 | $7,908.00 – $25,292.72 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $14,495.70 | $4,471.68 – $18,259.36 |