Pericardial drain w/cath pq w/ct guid at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,976.08
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.
$5,041.00
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.
$193.22 with Partnership Health Plan vs $9,533.00 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.
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 | $193.22 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $193.22 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.22 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.22 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.22 | ↓ -90% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.45 | ↓ -90% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.45 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $237.66 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $237.66 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,282.00 | ↓ -35% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,361.07 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1,890.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,772.55 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2,822.96 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,125.42 | ↑ +58% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,284.85 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,284.85 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,637.72 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,940.18 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,940.18 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,176.00 | ↑ +263% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7,705.00 | ↑ +290% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,533.00 | ↑ +382% |
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Pericardial drain w/cath pq w/ct guid at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,405.67 | $593.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,157.55 | $193.22 – $4,940.18 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,186.88 | $1,727.00 – $10,593.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,186.88 | $1,802.00 – $10,413.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,841.32 | $721.00 – $721.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $6,560.64 | $1,847.00 – $9,031.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $5,467.20 | $691.00 – $6,732.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,156.32 | $1,597.00 – $9,718.00 |