Expander tiss 133s-mv-12-t 300ml natrelle smth at SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC.

1010 Murray Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1639101116

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 10, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,030.68

Cash price

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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.

$11,452.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,379.55 with BLUE SHIELD EPN vs $10,611.90 with CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $1,379.55 ↑ +34%
BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS $1,910.14 ↑ +85%
BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO-ALL OTHER PLANS $1,910.14 ↑ +85%
AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS $2,204.01 ↑ +114%
HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS $2,367.27 ↑ +130%
UHC PPO UHC PPO $2,808.07 ↑ +172%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $2,808.07 ↑ +172%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $2,808.07 ↑ +172%
NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXCLUS NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXCLUS $3,857.02 ↑ +274%
NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXCLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXCLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS $3,857.02 ↑ +274%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $8,163.00 ↑ +692%
CENCAL MCAL CENCAL MCAL $9,305.82 ↑ +803%
BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL $9,811.93 ↑ +852%
COALINGA-ALL PLANS COALINGA-ALL PLANS $10,611.90 ↑ +930%
CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS $10,611.90 ↑ +930%

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Expander tiss 133s-mv-12-t 300ml natrelle smth at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,926.29 $325.85 – $1,680.70
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $3,910.20 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $315.84 – $1,026.48
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $3,910.20 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $3,910.20 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $3,910.20 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $4,680.00 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $4,680.00 not published

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