CT guidance for needle placement at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,537.04
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.
$3,921.00
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.
$111.05 with CenCal vs $3,557.40 with MultiPlan — 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $136.59 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $136.59 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $565.82 | ↓ -63% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $980.10 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $1,106.09 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,768.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,768.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,815.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2,032.80 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,250.60 | ↑ +46% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,085.50 | ↑ +101% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,085.50 | ↑ +101% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,339.60 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,398.38 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $3,412.20 | ↑ +122% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,557.40 | ↑ +131% |
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CT guidance for needle placement at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,722.66 | $168.01 – $3,067.74 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $751.92 | $183.23 – $1,441.42 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,071.10 | $111.05 – $4,506.04 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,890.78 | $111.05 – $1,110.34 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $831.79 | $111.05 – $1,793.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $822.82 | $111.05 – $2,219.58 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,626.61 | $863.09 – $2,423.25 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,835.49 | $2,747.98 – $2,747.98 |