Diagnostic radio unlisted proc at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$224.23
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.
$572.00
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.
$64.53 with MHS HSPCC vs $447.03 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 | $64.53 | ↓ -71% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $93.24 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $119.50 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $133.84 | ↓ -40% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $148.18 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $182.03 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $182.03 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $182.03 | ↓ -19% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $203.15 | ↓ -9% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $203.15 | ↓ -9% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $234.22 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $239.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $239.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $447.03 | ↑ +99% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $447.03 | ↑ +99% |
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Diagnostic radio unlisted proc at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $281.20 | $111.88 – $380.27 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $314.67 | $117.25 – $141.49 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $700.23 | $121.09 – $127.70 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $122.88 | $95.14 – $207.07 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $67.90 | $35.00 – $292.78 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $236.93 | $111.88 – $541.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $156.96 | $95.14 – $207.07 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $145.92 | $95.14 – $207.07 |