Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$12,655.72
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.
$32,285.00
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.
$1,618.76 with CenCal vs $29,882.16 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,618.76 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -87% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,991.07 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,991.07 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $6,090.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $6,539.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -43% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | ↓ -41% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $8,232.84 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $16,679.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $16,770.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $17,075.52 | ↑ +35% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $18,905.04 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $24,589.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $25,918.20 | ↑ +105% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $25,918.20 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $28,052.64 | ↑ +122% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $29,882.16 | ↑ +136% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $29,882.16 | ↑ +136% |
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Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,082.99 | $2,449.02 – $13,090.66 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $13,664.76 | $1,618.76 – $30,936.64 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $11,153.01 | $1,618.76 – $19,361.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $9,349.70 | $1,618.76 – $19,119.58 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $9,262.62 | $6,200.00 – $27,307.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,594.19 | $7,320.30 – $27,307.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $6,769.23 | $8,222.00 – $51,997.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,895.77 | $0.80 – $9,564.24 |