Strapping of ankle and/or ft 29540 at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$231.68
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.
$591.00
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.
$20.08 with Partnership Health Plan vs $5,432.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.08 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.08 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.08 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.08 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.08 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.70 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.70 | ↓ -89% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $31.66 | ↓ -86% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $31.66 | ↓ -86% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $156.25 | ↓ -33% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $159.57 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $185.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -13% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $200.49 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $226.00 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $229.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $295.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $330.96 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $366.42 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $502.35 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $502.35 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $579.18 | ↑ +150% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,149.00 | ↑ +396% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,149.00 | ↑ +396% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,282.00 | ↑ +453% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1,890.00 | ↑ +716% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +2163% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +2245% |
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Strapping of ankle and/or ft 29540 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $302.43 | $218.99 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $278.20 | $20.08 – $699.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,080.18 | $230.73 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $459.00 | $209.00 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $179.52 | $218.94 – $721.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $419.22 | $1,333.00 – $8,222.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $315.69 | $226.11 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $372.96 | $177.65 – $1,597.00 |