CT scan for therapy guide at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$716.58
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.
$1,828.00
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.
$79.38 with MHS HSPCC vs $1,768.00 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.
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 | $79.38 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $105.16 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $105.16 | ↓ -85% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $105.16 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $105.16 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $105.16 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $105.16 | ↓ -85% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $105.16 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $129.35 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $129.35 | ↓ -82% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $147.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $164.64 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $182.28 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $249.90 | ↓ -65% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $249.90 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $270.48 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $276.36 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $282.24 | ↓ -61% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $288.12 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $294.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $294.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,768.00 | ↑ +147% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,768.00 | ↑ +147% |
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CT scan for therapy guide at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $742.85 | $159.10 – $1,566.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $899.23 | $105.16 – $1,770.86 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $305.34 | $105.16 – $1,130.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $302.05 | $105.16 – $1,130.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $563.04 | $907.62 – $907.62 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $316.94 | $105.16 – $3,330.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $704.82 | $680.92 – $1,047.13 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,029.12 | $853.64 – $1,016.28 |