Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$272.44
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.
$695.00
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.
$18.30 with CenCal vs $6,182.00 with United — 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 | $18.30 | ↓ -93% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.84 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.84 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.84 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.84 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.84 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.63 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $25.63 | ↓ -91% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $84.78 | ↓ -69% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $157.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $175.84 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $194.68 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $208.63 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $213.13 | ↓ -22% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $214.92 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $254.34 | ↓ -7% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $258.43 | ↓ -5% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↓ -5% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↓ -5% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↓ -5% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $266.90 | ↓ -2% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $266.90 | ↓ -2% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $307.72 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $891.00 | ↑ +227% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,149.00 | ↑ +322% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,149.00 | ↑ +322% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1,312.00 | ↑ +382% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,926.00 | ↑ +1708% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +2169% |
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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $394.64 | $28.01 – $546.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $433.50 | $115.41 – $301.12 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $312.87 | $18.30 – $746.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $259.74 | $20.84 – $370.44 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $335.02 | $20.84 – $794.64 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $331.41 | $20.84 – $12,607.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $518.67 | $145.85 – $310.92 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $317.22 | $165.39 – $281.64 |