Place slctv cath carotid/inom art excrn uni at French Hospital

1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$10,752.56

Cash price

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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.

$27,430.00

Gross charge

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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.

$237.90 with Partnership Health Plan vs $12,097.12 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $237.90 ↓ -98%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $237.90 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $237.90 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $237.90 ↓ -98%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $237.90 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $237.90 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $237.90 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $292.62 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $292.62 ↓ -97%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $3,237.69 ↓ -70%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $3,332.88 ↓ -69%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -63%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,152.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $4,567.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $4,906.00 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $6,120.00 ↓ -43%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $6,789.20 ↓ -37%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,912.64 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7,653.28 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,533.00 ↓ -11%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,492.40 ↓ -2%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10,492.40 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11,356.48 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $12,097.12 ↑ +13%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,097.12 ↑ +13%

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Place slctv cath carotid/inom art excrn uni at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,033.94 $359.92 – $8,964.54
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $11,387.80 $237.90 – $12,097.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,884.22 $237.90 – $6,436.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,831.56 $237.90 – $6,355.55
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,119.60 $4,061.05 – $17,611.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8,257.29 $0.80 – $4,014.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,710.47 $2,016.28 – $11,377.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $6,003.36 $3,451.89 – $7,883.00

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