Special pump services at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$394.36
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.
$1,006.00
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.
$271.62 with MHS HSPCC vs $6,182.00 with United — 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 | $271.62 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $503.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $563.36 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $623.72 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $814.86 | ↑ +107% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $855.10 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $855.10 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $985.88 | ↑ +150% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,926.00 | ↑ +1149% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +1468% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Special pump services at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $575.97 | $355.05 – $1,025.70 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $478.51 | $559.00 – $1,095.64 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $288.19 | $221.00 – $707.20 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $654.42 – $654.42 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | not published | $1,265.70 – $1,265.70 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | not published | $654.42 – $654.42 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro | San Pedro | not published | $654.42 – $654.42 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance | Torrance | not published | $1,067.93 – $1,067.93 |