Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at French Hospital

1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$4,057.99

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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.

$10,352.00

Gross charge

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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.

$613.92 with Molina vs $8,190.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $613.92 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $613.92 ↓ -85%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $613.92 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $613.92 ↓ -85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $613.92 ↓ -85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $613.92 ↓ -85%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $613.92 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $755.12 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $755.12 ↓ -81%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $1,229.58 ↓ -70%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -49%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -49%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -49%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,504.70 ↓ -38%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $2,550.24 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,823.48 ↓ -30%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,870.90 ↓ -5%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,870.90 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,189.68 ↑ +3%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,462.92 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,462.92 ↑ +10%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $4,567.00 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $4,906.00 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,556.00 ↑ +37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,439.00 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $8,190.00 ↑ +102%

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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,180.81 $928.80 – $3,883.62
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,264.44 $1,012.97 – $4,207.86
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,603.15 $2,225.71 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,430.66 $613.92 – $9,431.52
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,835.83 $97.53 – $377.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,181.27 $613.92 – $2,251.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,168.53 $613.92 – $2,223.06
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,258.10 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00

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