Bundle his recording at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$2,813.78
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.
$7,178.00
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.
$187.56 with Molina vs $9,641.44 with United — 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 | $187.56 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $187.56 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $187.56 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $187.56 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $187.56 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $230.70 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $230.70 | ↓ -92% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $297.35 | ↓ -89% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $297.35 | ↓ -89% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,938.06 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,589.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,019.68 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,450.36 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,926.00 | ↑ +75% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,814.18 | ↑ +107% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,101.30 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,101.30 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +120% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,603.76 | ↑ +135% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $6,603.76 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,034.44 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7,034.44 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,108.00 | ↑ +153% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,178.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $7,178.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $7,178.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,178.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7,178.00 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $7,178.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,178.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $7,178.00 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,439.00 | ↑ +164% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7,631.00 | ↑ +171% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +243% |
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Bundle his recording at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,008.63 | $230.70 – $13,738.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,072.19 | $187.56 – $7,178.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,508.82 | $187.56 – $6,836.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $7,464.66 | $187.56 – $20,819.80 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,497.92 | $3,281.00 – $18,558.59 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,149.74 | $187.56 – $6,116.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $2,529.70 | $187.56 – $9,067.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $3,092.60 | $174.55 – $16,065.00 |