Treat slipped epiphysis at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
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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.
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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.
$939.89 with Molina vs $13,440.00 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $939.89 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $939.89 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $939.89 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $939.89 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $939.89 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,156.06 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,156.06 | — |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,481.59 | — |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,481.59 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,152.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $6,090.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $6,120.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $6,539.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13,440.00 | — |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | not published by hospital | — |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Treat slipped epiphysis at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $610.28 | $26.57 – $1,796.29 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $610.28 | $60.00 – $4,208.34 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $481.80 | $163.81 – $4,208.34 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $2,119.92 | $60.00 – $1,403.89 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $963.60 | $787.82 – $1,864.34 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $546.04 | $819.06 – $1,864.34 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI | Tehachapi | $867.24 | $60.00 – $1,829.82 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE | Tulare | $610.28 | $787.82 – $1,611.27 |