Placement occlusive device venous/arterial access site post procedure at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$185.81
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.
$474.00
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.
$105.03 with MHS HSPCC 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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| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $105.03 | ↓ -43% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $213.95 | ↑ +15% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $217.84 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $241.18 | ↑ +30% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $330.65 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $330.65 | ↑ +78% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $357.88 | ↑ +93% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $381.22 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,108.00 | ↑ +3725% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7,631.00 | ↑ +4007% |
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Placement occlusive device venous/arterial access site post procedure at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $293.03 | $180.63 – $521.82 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $198.60 | $234.30 – $417.48 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $543.52 | $395.55 – $1,172.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $537.66 | $395.55 – $1,450.35 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $282.03 | $2,747.00 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $498.78 | $2,699.00 – $8,018.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,209.12 | $1,577.94 – $6,311.76 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $431.46 | $1,716.00 – $4,042.00 |