CT heart w/evaluation of calcium without contrast at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$212.47
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.
$542.00
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.
$62.10 with MHS HSPCC vs $230.00 with Aetna — 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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| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $62.10 | ↓ -71% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $81.33 | ↓ -62% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $81.33 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $81.33 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $81.33 | ↓ -62% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $81.33 | ↓ -62% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $81.33 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.33 | ↓ -62% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $93.24 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $100.04 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $100.04 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $115.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $128.80 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $142.60 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $182.03 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $182.03 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $182.03 | ↓ -14% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $195.50 | ↓ -8% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $195.50 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $216.20 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $220.80 | ↑ +4% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $225.40 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $230.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $230.00 | ↑ +8% |
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CT heart w/evaluation of calcium without contrast at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $196.67 | $111.88 – $350.22 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $266.65 | $81.33 – $561.54 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $66.41 | $81.33 – $179.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $65.70 | $81.33 – $179.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $486.03 | $123.56 – $351.98 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $512.04 | $111.93 – $384.90 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,255.68 | $81.33 – $824.10 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $261.12 | $121.09 – $288.76 |