Bowel imaging at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,226.18
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.
$3,128.00
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.
$155.12 with Molina vs $2,083.30 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.12 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.12 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.12 | ↓ -87% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.12 | ↓ -87% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.12 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $155.12 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.12 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $190.80 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $190.80 | ↓ -84% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $358.29 | ↓ -71% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $430.09 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -58% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -58% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $663.50 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $743.12 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $822.74 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $848.52 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.52 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $848.52 | ↓ -31% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,127.95 | ↓ -8% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,127.95 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,247.38 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,258.99 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $1,269.75 | ↑ +4% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,300.46 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $1,327.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,083.30 | ↑ +70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,083.30 | ↑ +70% |
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Bowel imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $795.85 | $234.68 – $1,824.90 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,136.67 | $80.37 – $1,643.18 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,253.18 | $538.74 – $710.37 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,536.10 | $155.12 – $3,378.06 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,682.98 | $155.12 – $3,938.62 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $751.28 | $155.12 – $1,976.45 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $743.18 | $155.12 – $1,976.45 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,904.34 | $567.62 – $897.74 |