Rmvl subq card rhythm mntr at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,920.02
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.
$4,898.00
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.
$115.41 with BCBS - Anthem vs $11,575.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $115.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.41 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.41 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $141.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $141.95 | ↓ -93% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $712.67 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -53% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -53% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,322.46 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,449.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2,742.88 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,036.76 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↑ +112% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,163.30 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,163.30 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↑ +127% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,506.16 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,800.04 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,800.04 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | ↑ +287% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7,851.00 | ↑ +309% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $11,575.00 | ↑ +503% |
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Rmvl subq card rhythm mntr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,181.29 | $174.60 – $2,103.66 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,054.83 | $115.41 – $4,704.98 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $909.80 | $115.41 – $1,958.41 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,226.66 | $1,005.45 – $10,575.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,579.98 | $910.78 – $11,036.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,840.08 | $3,331.00 – $20,799.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,199.31 | $115.41 – $9,140.88 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,424.54 | $985.34 – $4,233.00 |