Rmvl icd gen w/rplc icd gen dual lead sys at French Hospital

1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$33,845.28

Cash price

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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.

$86,340.00

Gross charge

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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.

$313.43 with CenCal vs $84,613.20 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $313.43 ↓ -99%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $313.43 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $313.48 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $313.48 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $313.48 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $313.48 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $313.48 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $385.58 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $385.58 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $5,077.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $5,452.00 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,556.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,439.00 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $8,190.00 ↓ -76%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $23,311.80 ↓ -31%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $28,520.13 ↓ -16%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↓ -16%
United Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↓ -16%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↓ -16%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↓ -16%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $43,170.00 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $48,350.40 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $53,530.80 ↑ +58%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $73,389.00 ↑ +117%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $73,389.00 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $79,432.80 ↑ +135%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $84,613.20 ↑ +150%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $84,613.20 ↑ +150%

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Rmvl icd gen w/rplc icd gen dual lead sys at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29,632.89 $474.26 – $57,040.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $36,158.73 $313.43 – $82,793.34
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $28,573.52 $313.48 – $61,507.03
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $58,773.42 $6,200.00 – $113,226.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $33,080.64 $7,809.00 – $113,226.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $38,537.64 $8,005.00 – $113,226.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $18,875.98 $313.43 – $53,931.36
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $34,278.12 $2,995.00 – $30,951.14

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