Peripheral vascular rehab at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$81.54
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.
$208.00
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.
$56.16 with MHS HSPCC vs $251.00 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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| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $56.16 | ↓ -31% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $64.27 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -7% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -7% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -7% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -7% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -7% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $104.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $116.48 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $128.96 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $176.80 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $176.80 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $203.84 | ↑ +150% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $208.00 | ↑ +155% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $208.00 | ↑ +155% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $251.00 | ↑ +208% |
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Peripheral vascular rehab at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $91.60 | $75.47 – $214.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $181.82 | $70.63 – $267.54 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $78.03 | $75.87 – $75.87 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $76.32 | $64.49 – $140.37 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $71.10 | $81.61 – $255.44 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $115.00 | $78.06 – $211.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $63.21 | $36.75 – $147.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $93.60 | $64.49 – $140.37 |