Dissolve clot heart vessel at SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC.
1010 Murray Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1639101116
$475.65
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.
$5,285.00
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.
$1,796.90 with HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS vs $8,987.83 with BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO-ALL OTHER PLANS — 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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| HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS | HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS | $1,796.90 | ↑ +278% |
| NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXCLUS | NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXCLUS | $3,052.09 | ↑ +542% |
| NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXCLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS | NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXCLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS | $3,052.09 | ↑ +542% |
| AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | $3,276.70 | ↑ +589% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $4,909.00 | ↑ +932% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $5,285.00 | ↑ +1011% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $5,644.00 | ↑ +1087% |
| CENCAL MCAL | CENCAL MCAL | $6,024.90 | ↑ +1167% |
| BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL | BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL | $6,352.57 | ↑ +1236% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $6,520.58 | ↑ +1271% |
| CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS | CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS | $6,870.50 | ↑ +1344% |
| COALINGA-ALL PLANS | COALINGA-ALL PLANS | $6,870.50 | ↑ +1344% |
| UHC PPO | UHC PPO | $7,057.00 | ↑ +1384% |
| BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS | BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS | $8,503.19 | ↑ +1688% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO-ALL OTHER PLANS | $8,987.83 | ↑ +1790% |
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Dissolve clot heart vessel at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,243.49 | $475.36 – $2,214.42 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,271.43 | $6,619.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $819.88 | $386.47 – $2,211.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $7,822.38 | $6,200.00 – $10,593.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,155.66 | $8,018.00 – $10,413.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,101.71 | not published |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $907.88 | $386.47 – $2,593.92 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,822.38 | $4,042.00 – $6,732.00 |