Transcath closure of vsd at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$11,642.80
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.
$29,701.00
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.
$760.72 with Partnership Health Plan vs $29,106.98 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 | $760.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $760.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $760.72 | ↓ -93% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $760.72 | ↓ -93% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $760.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $760.72 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $760.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $935.69 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $935.69 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,614.00 | ↓ -35% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $8,019.27 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $8,177.00 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13,920.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $14,850.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $16,632.56 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $18,414.62 | ↑ +58% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +96% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +96% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +96% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +96% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $25,245.85 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $25,245.85 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $27,324.92 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $29,106.98 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $29,106.98 | ↑ +150% |
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Transcath closure of vsd at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $34,540.80 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $34,540.80 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $15,043.60 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $15,043.60 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $34,540.80 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $34,540.80 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $34,540.80 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $13,118.20 | $760.72 – $30,037.00 |