Rmvl ndwellg tun pleural cath at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,336.33
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.
$3,409.00
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.
$125.55 with MHS HSPCC vs $7,439.00 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.
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 | $125.55 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.16 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $175.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.16 | ↓ -87% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $192.50 | ↓ -86% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $192.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $215.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $215.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $255.75 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $260.40 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $288.30 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $395.25 | ↓ -70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $395.25 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $427.80 | ↓ -68% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $455.70 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $455.70 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $465.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $465.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $465.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $465.00 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $465.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $465.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $465.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $465.00 | ↓ -65% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $736.62 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,282.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1,890.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↑ +204% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↑ +226% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | ↑ +457% |
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Rmvl ndwellg tun pleural cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $686.35 | $215.45 – $1,452.04 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,171.47 | $593.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,459.06 | $175.16 – $961.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,024.71 | $175.16 – $2,209.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,013.66 | $175.16 – $2,181.98 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,302.54 | $890.68 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,310.19 | $806.82 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $710.94 | $721.00 – $3,982.87 |