Cta abdominal aorta & (both sides) ileofemoral lower extremity w runoff without & w/contrast at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,299.48
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.
$3,315.00
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.
$212.89 with MHS Hospice 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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| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $212.89 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -83% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -83% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $267.57 | ↓ -79% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $342.54 | ↓ -74% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $342.54 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $342.54 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $342.54 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $342.54 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $342.54 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $342.54 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $401.74 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $401.74 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.74 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $421.32 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $421.32 | ↓ -68% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $495.50 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $554.96 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $614.42 | ↓ -53% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $842.35 | ↓ -35% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $842.35 | ↓ -35% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $971.18 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $991.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $991.00 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,756.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,768.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,768.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,793.00 | ↑ +38% |
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Cta abdominal aorta & (both sides) ileofemoral lower extremity w runoff without & w/contrast at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,907.93 | $226.19 – $3,397.68 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,111.03 | $35.60 – $4,046.84 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $10,965.51 | $236.37 – $2,004.67 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,630.68 | $226.19 – $2,800.84 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $7,661.67 | $342.54 – $2,480.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,934.40 | $226.19 – $4,171.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,913.54 | $226.19 – $4,119.06 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $8,871.45 | $249.04 – $2,533.40 |