Removal of foreign body at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$2,858.86
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.
$7,293.00
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.
$273.84 with Molina vs $18,271.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $273.84 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $273.84 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $273.84 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $273.84 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $273.84 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $336.82 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $336.82 | ↓ -88% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $431.68 | ↓ -85% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $431.68 | ↓ -85% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,969.11 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +27% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +27% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +27% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +27% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +27% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +27% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,011.15 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,084.08 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,521.66 | ↑ +58% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,199.05 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,199.05 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,709.56 | ↑ +135% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,108.00 | ↑ +149% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,147.14 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7,147.14 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7,631.00 | ↑ +167% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,533.00 | ↑ +233% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $12,394.00 | ↑ +334% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $18,271.00 | ↑ +539% |
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Removal of foreign body at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,676.23 | $336.82 – $6,483.96 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,230.05 | $3,914.43 – $6,619.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,121.41 | $273.84 – $7,147.14 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $806.53 | $273.84 – $1,186.78 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,904.19 | $273.84 – $6,262.40 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,245.24 | $4,124.29 – $16,692.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,849.19 | $3,735.95 – $17,420.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,174.75 | $3,913.65 – $8,501.05 |