Shunt glaucoma baerveldt 350mm at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$5,507.21
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.
$14,049.00
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.
$113.81 with Health Net vs $587.02 with MultiPlan — 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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| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $113.81 | ↓ -98% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $137.77 | ↓ -97% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $137.77 | ↓ -97% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $161.73 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $299.50 | ↓ -95% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $299.50 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $311.48 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $353.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $359.40 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $359.40 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $371.38 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $431.28 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $467.22 | ↓ -92% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $509.15 | ↓ -91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $509.15 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $545.09 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $551.08 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $563.06 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $563.06 | ↓ -90% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $587.02 | ↓ -89% |
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Shunt glaucoma baerveldt 350mm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6,152.59 | $697.20 – $2,265.90 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $7,249.14 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,012.98 | $137.77 – $587.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,791.31 | $2,307.50 – $8,307.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,728.87 | $2,307.50 – $8,953.10 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,228.63 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,765.33 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,988.20 | not published |