Venous mech thrombectomy at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$6,163.03
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.
$15,722.00
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.
$2,943.99 with BCBS - Anthem vs $14,673.54 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,943.99 | ↓ -52% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,943.99 | ↓ -52% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,943.99 | ↓ -52% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,943.99 | ↓ -52% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,943.99 | ↓ -52% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,235.32 | ↓ -48% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,235.32 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,621.11 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,621.11 | ↓ -41% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $4,042.71 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,349.00 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $8,121.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $8,235.15 | ↑ +34% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,384.88 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $8,721.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9,283.26 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $9,360.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $12,727.05 | ↑ +107% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12,727.05 | ↑ +107% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $13,775.16 | ↑ +124% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $14,409.33 | ↑ +134% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $14,409.33 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $14,409.33 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $14,409.33 | ↑ +134% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $14,409.33 | ↑ +134% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $14,409.33 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $14,409.33 | ↑ +134% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $14,409.33 | ↑ +134% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $14,409.33 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $14,673.54 | ↑ +138% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $14,673.54 | ↑ +138% |
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Venous mech thrombectomy at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,408.96 | $2,101.41 – $15,566.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,600.62 | $2,943.99 – $14,673.54 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $18,729.20 | $2,943.99 – $13,498.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $6,489.67 | $2,943.99 – $13,498.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $12,187.98 | $8,018.00 – $27,307.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,712.42 | $2,565.52 – $16,090.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $14,433.51 | $3,423.00 – $16,391.15 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $9,119.04 | $5,357.00 – $16,652.00 |