Removal devitalized tissue non-selective debridement without anesthesia per session at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$217.56
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.
$555.00
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.
$136.35 with MHS HSPCC vs $2,708.00 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 HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $136.35 | ↓ -37% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $204.14 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +16% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +16% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +16% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $252.50 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $282.80 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $313.10 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $338.55 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $371.85 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $388.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $388.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $410.70 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $429.25 | ↑ +97% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $429.25 | ↑ +97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $438.45 | ↑ +102% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $464.60 | ↑ +114% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $494.90 | ↑ +127% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $505.00 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $505.00 | ↑ +132% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,264.00 | ↑ +941% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,708.00 | ↑ +1145% |
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Removal devitalized tissue non-selective debridement without anesthesia per session at other California hospitals
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $175.64 | $90.18 – $453.26 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $168.92 | $39.74 – $234.74 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $365.67 | $270.38 – $275.89 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $237.54 | $229.50 – $449.82 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $153.18 | $51.23 – $194.04 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $170.29 | $123.93 – $376.38 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $187.17 | $252.47 – $438.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $406.98 | $284.87 – $1,333.00 |