Cardiac perf spect sgl/ef/wm rst/strs 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

$3,863.16

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.

$9,855.00

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.

$201.93 with Molina vs $7,222.02 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.

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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 $201.93 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $201.93 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $201.93 ↓ -95%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $201.93 ↓ -95%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $201.93 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $201.93 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $201.93 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $248.37 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $248.37 ↓ -94%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $1,162.08 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $1,459.21 ↓ -62%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $1,486.30 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↓ -57%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,658.74 ↓ -57%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↓ -57%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,731.58 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,768.91 ↓ -54%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,152.00 ↓ -44%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $2,410.24 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,668.48 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $2,852.51 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,938.37 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|HMO $2,938.37 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,938.37 ↓ -24%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,658.40 ↓ -5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,658.40 ↓ -5%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,217.92 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,222.02 ↑ +87%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,222.02 ↑ +87%

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Cardiac perf spect sgl/ef/wm rst/strs at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,895.62 $305.50 – $6,326.24
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,300.86 $56.58 – $333.18
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,847.96 $201.93 – $9,657.90
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,461.20 $201.93 – $3,776.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,464.19 $201.93 – $6,851.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,437.62 $201.93 – $6,851.62
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,838.15 $1,217.35 – $2,035.50
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,077.85 $1,331.18 – $2,035.50

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