Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$976.08
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.
$2,490.00
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.
$39.30 with MHS HSPCC vs $5,527.55 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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| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $39.30 | ↓ -96% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $72.77 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $81.51 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $90.24 | ↓ -91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $123.71 | ↓ -87% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $123.71 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $136.81 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $139.72 | ↓ -86% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.54 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.02 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.02 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $5,527.55 | ↑ +466% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,527.55 | ↑ +466% |
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Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $878.19 | $541.35 – $4,841.95 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,435.04 | $364.98 – $2,676.48 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,065.72 | $72.77 – $4,701.98 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,335.33 | $1,085.31 – $1,964.90 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,559.89 | $75.69 – $145.54 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $729.82 | $862.15 – $6,353.13 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $862.15 | $501.25 – $8,110.55 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $783.96 | $1,102.75 – $8,110.55 |