CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$3,698.92
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.
$9,436.00
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.
$319.24 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,793.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $319.24 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $319.24 | ↓ -91% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $319.24 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $319.24 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $319.24 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $319.24 | ↓ -91% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $319.24 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $392.67 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $392.67 | ↓ -89% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $446.12 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -88% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $481.41 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $828.27 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $828.27 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $828.27 | ↓ -78% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $891.50 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $998.48 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,105.46 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,515.55 | ↓ -59% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,515.55 | ↓ -59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,747.34 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,756.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $1,764.01 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,768.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,768.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $1,783.00 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,793.00 | ↓ -52% |
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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,262.23 | $453.77 – $5,809.44 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $3,575.60 | $71.43 – $6,095.48 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $12,408.81 | $470.15 – $2,058.85 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,666.92 | $319.24 – $8,014.44 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $9,570.42 | $319.24 – $3,093.86 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,783.46 | $319.24 – $8,158.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,742.67 | $319.24 – $8,056.42 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,068.38 | $495.35 – $2,698.21 |