Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$5,441.36
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.
$13,881.00
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.
$1,041.13 with MHS Hospice vs $12,833.10 with MultiPlan — 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 Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,041.13 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,681.22 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,681.22 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,681.22 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,681.22 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,681.22 | ↓ -69% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,681.22 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,681.22 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,681.22 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,681.22 | ↓ -69% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $3,535.65 | ↓ -35% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $6,547.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,333.20 | ↑ +35% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,118.90 | ↑ +49% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,130.75 | ↑ +105% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $11,130.75 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $12,047.40 | ↑ +121% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12,833.10 | ↑ +136% |
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Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $12,658.80 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $12,658.80 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $12,658.80 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $12,658.80 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $12,658.80 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,941.07 | $1,681.22 – $13,603.38 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $40,295.10 | $1,892.55 – $1,892.55 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $39,478.08 | $1,714.34 – $1,714.34 |