C motor evoked upr&lwr limbs 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

$1,584.86

Cash price

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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.

$4,043.00

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.

$476.84 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,865.00 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.

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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $476.84 ↓ -70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $476.84 ↓ -70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $476.84 ↓ -70%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $476.84 ↓ -70%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $476.84 ↓ -70%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $527.02 ↓ -67%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $527.02 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $586.51 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $586.51 ↓ -63%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $1,061.93 ↓ -33%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $1,091.61 ↓ -31%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -18%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -18%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -18%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,021.50 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $2,264.08 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,506.66 ↑ +58%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,234.40 ↑ +104%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,436.55 ↑ +117%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,436.55 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,630.20 ↑ +129%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $3,708.46 ↑ +134%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,962.14 ↑ +150%
United Commercial|HMO $4,500.00 ↑ +184%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,865.00 ↑ +270%

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C motor evoked upr&lwr limbs at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,722.66 $586.51 – $3,067.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,730.41 $476.84 – $3,962.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,043.63 $476.84 – $2,250.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,032.38 $476.84 – $2,222.27
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,158.95 $415.54 – $3,232.44
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,216.02 $375.12 – $1,563.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,411.62 $476.84 – $2,741.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $928.20 $862.52 – $2,043.29

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