Phlebotomy therapeutic at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$141.91
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.
$362.00
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.
$18.82 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,631.00 with Aetna — 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 | $18.82 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.82 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.82 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.82 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.82 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.15 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.15 | ↓ -84% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $29.84 | ↓ -79% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $29.84 | ↓ -79% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $97.74 | ↓ -31% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $127.38 | ↓ -10% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +15% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +15% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +15% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +15% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +15% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $181.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $202.72 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $224.44 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $293.22 | ↑ +107% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $307.70 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $307.70 | ↑ +117% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $333.04 | ↑ +135% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $333.04 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $354.76 | ↑ +150% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,081.00 | ↑ +662% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1,595.00 | ↑ +1024% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,926.00 | ↑ +3371% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +3595% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +3728% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +4256% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,108.00 | ↑ +4909% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7,631.00 | ↑ +5277% |
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Phlebotomy therapeutic at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $155.93 | $23.15 – $291.44 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $157.14 | $25.78 – $236.68 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $235.11 | $179.30 – $182.96 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $154.94 | $18.82 – $999.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $305.70 | $18.82 – $449.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $96.84 | $18.82 – $253.17 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $95.79 | $18.82 – $229.89 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $263.67 | $171.12 – $8,018.00 |