Bone marrow interpretation at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,005.48
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.
$2,565.00
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.
$50.56 with Molina vs $1,744.20 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $50.56 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $50.56 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $50.56 | ↓ -95% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $50.56 | ↓ -95% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $50.56 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $50.56 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.56 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $146.74 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $146.74 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $243.65 | ↓ -76% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $427.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $430.36 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $571.15 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $583.47 | ↓ -42% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $733.93 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $787.38 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $787.38 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $787.38 | ↓ -22% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $981.46 | ↓ -2% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,037.95 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,037.95 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,037.95 | ↑ +3% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,037.95 | ↑ +3% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,037.95 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,037.95 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,037.95 | ↑ +3% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,037.95 | ↑ +3% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,037.95 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,231.20 | ↑ +22% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,282.50 | ↑ +28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,345.55 | ↑ +34% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,345.55 | ↑ +34% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,436.40 | ↑ +43% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,551.34 | ↑ +54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1,744.20 | ↑ +73% |
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Bone marrow interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $351.28 | $66.30 – $1,604.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,276.02 | $236.33 – $1,256.40 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,097.82 | $50.56 – $1,615.95 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $432.90 | $50.56 – $637.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $260.82 | $49.53 – $611.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $258.01 | $49.53 – $611.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,684.02 | $301.42 – $1,256.40 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $698.70 | $461.84 – $1,256.40 |