Place slctv cath carotid/inom art intcrn uni at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$10,429.95
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.
$26,607.00
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.
$256.89 with Partnership Health Plan vs $13,172.18 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 | $256.89 | ↓ -98% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -98% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $256.89 | ↓ -98% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $315.97 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $315.97 | ↓ -97% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $3,629.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,152.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,567.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,906.00 | ↓ -53% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $5,369.73 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,120.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -34% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -34% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,392.55 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,526.96 | ↓ -28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,333.42 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,533.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $11,424.85 | ↑ +10% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,424.85 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $12,365.72 | ↑ +19% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,172.18 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $13,172.18 | ↑ +26% |
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Place slctv cath carotid/inom art intcrn uni at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,662.91 | $388.64 – $12,900.80 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $12,719.91 | $1,696.40 – $15,313.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $11,387.80 | $256.89 – $13,172.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,336.47 | $256.89 – $11,507.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,278.93 | $256.89 – $11,363.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,040.95 | $2,285.77 – $27,307.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,549.53 | $5,835.00 – $27,307.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $8,652.66 | $5,981.00 – $27,307.00 |