Prgrmg dev eval impltbl sys at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$83.89
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.
$214.00
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.
$42.35 with MHS Hospice vs $6,182.00 with United — 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 Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $42.35 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $47.38 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $47.38 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $47.38 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $47.38 | ↓ -44% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $47.38 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $47.38 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $47.38 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $47.38 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $47.38 | ↓ -44% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $57.78 | ↓ -31% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.05 | ↓ -30% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.05 | ↓ -30% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.05 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $59.05 | ↓ -30% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.05 | ↓ -30% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.05 | ↓ -30% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.05 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.63 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.63 | ↓ -13% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $107.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $119.84 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $132.68 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $173.34 | ↑ +107% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $181.90 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $181.90 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $201.16 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $205.44 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $209.72 | ↑ +150% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,926.00 | ↑ +5772% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +7269% |
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Prgrmg dev eval impltbl sys at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $91.60 | $47.38 – $209.72 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $116.16 | $40.80 – $88.80 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $61.44 | $40.80 – $88.80 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $25.92 | $40.80 – $88.80 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $50.30 – $221.20 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $52.99 – $1,333.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $48.00 – $1,333.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $50.29 – $126.46 |