System cardiomems hosp electronics at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$44,031.40
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$112,325.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$17,637.89 with Health Net vs $90,974.38 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $17,637.89 | ↓ -60% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $21,351.13 | ↓ -52% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $21,351.13 | ↓ -52% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $25,064.37 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $46,415.50 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $46,415.50 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $48,272.12 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $54,770.29 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $55,698.60 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $55,698.60 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $57,555.22 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $66,838.32 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $72,408.18 | ↑ +64% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $78,906.35 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $78,906.35 | ↑ +79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $84,476.21 | ↑ +92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $85,404.52 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $87,261.14 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $87,261.14 | ↑ +98% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $90,974.38 | ↑ +107% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
System cardiomems hosp electronics at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $19,110.00 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $72,374.00 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $48,075.10 | $21,351.13 – $90,974.38 |