Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$749.12
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.
$1,911.00
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.
$87.13 with CenCal vs $601.70 with Cigna — 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 | $87.13 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $87.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $87.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $87.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.13 | ↓ -88% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $107.17 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $107.17 | ↓ -86% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $130.94 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -82% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $154.17 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↓ -67% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $285.50 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $319.76 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $354.02 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $414.21 | ↓ -45% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $485.35 | ↓ -35% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $485.35 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $536.74 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $548.16 | ↓ -27% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $559.58 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $571.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $601.70 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $601.70 | ↓ -20% |
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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $555.39 | $131.82 – $989.04 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $814.83 | $21.27 – $1,006.86 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,818.66 | $140.89 – $332.32 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $940.32 | $87.13 – $1,787.52 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,575.76 | $87.13 – $602.70 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $403.65 | $87.13 – $870.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $399.30 | $87.13 – $859.52 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,988.49 | $148.44 – $419.98 |