Dup scan/hemodialysis access 93990 at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$446.10
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.
$1,138.00
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.
$82.33 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,865.00 with United — 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 | $82.33 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.33 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.33 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.33 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.33 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $101.27 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $101.27 | ↓ -77% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $130.53 | ↓ -71% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $130.53 | ↓ -71% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $130.94 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -70% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -70% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $289.71 | ↓ -35% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $536.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $600.88 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $601.70 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $601.70 | ↑ +35% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $665.26 | ↑ +49% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $858.40 | ↑ +92% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $912.05 | ↑ +104% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $912.05 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,008.62 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,030.08 | ↑ +131% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,051.54 | ↑ +136% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,500.00 | ↑ +909% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,865.00 | ↑ +1215% |
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Dup scan/hemodialysis access 93990 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $349.09 | $101.27 – $621.66 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $472.68 | $21.27 – $756.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $475.32 | $140.89 – $838.26 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $459.25 | $82.33 – $1,051.54 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,300.03 | $82.33 – $2,570.54 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $171.78 | $82.33 – $570.84 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $164.79 | $82.33 – $570.84 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,241.34 | $148.44 – $1,059.35 |