Place cath intracranial art at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$5,070.13
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.
$12,934.00
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.
$181.31 with BCBS - Anthem vs $12,675.32 with MultiPlan — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $181.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $181.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $181.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $181.31 | ↓ -96% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $181.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $181.31 | ↓ -96% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $181.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $223.01 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $223.01 | ↓ -96% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $3,492.18 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,152.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,120.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,113.70 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,243.04 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,019.08 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,533.00 | ↑ +88% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $10,993.90 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10,993.90 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $11,899.28 | ↑ +135% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $12,675.32 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12,675.32 | ↑ +150% |
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Place cath intracranial art at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,574.13 | $274.30 – $4,584.06 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,535.76 | $181.31 – $12,675.32 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,299.37 | $181.31 – $12,712.76 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,242.23 | $181.31 – $14,141.16 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,994.88 | $181.31 – $7,749.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $288.00 | $1,200.00 – $9,718.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $3,748.41 | $246.58 – $4,721.64 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $7,162.11 | $181.31 – $13,767.93 |