Brain image w/flow < 4 views at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$868.68
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.
$2,216.00
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.
$197.65 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,171.68 with MultiPlan — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $197.65 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $197.65 | ↓ -77% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $197.65 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $197.65 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $197.65 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $197.65 | ↓ -77% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $197.65 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $243.11 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $243.11 | ↓ -72% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $430.09 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -41% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -41% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $598.32 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $848.52 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.52 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $848.52 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $997.22 | ↑ +15% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,108.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,240.96 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,373.92 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,390.39 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,420.36 | ↑ +64% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,883.60 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,883.60 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $1,949.41 | ↑ +124% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,083.30 | ↑ +140% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,083.30 | ↑ +140% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,171.68 | ↑ +150% |
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Brain image w/flow < 4 views at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $948.45 | $197.65 – $2,171.68 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,543.79 | $197.65 – $2,456.86 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $365.44 | $197.65 – $1,976.45 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $361.50 | $197.65 – $1,976.45 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $988.38 | $567.62 – $991.43 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,888.26 | $197.65 – $4,027.84 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $699.36 | $437.05 – $951.22 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $768.67 | $237.12 – $968.24 |