Echo exam uterus 76831- at French Hospital

1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$367.31

Cash price

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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.

$937.00

Gross charge

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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.

$108.33 with Molina vs $1,271.67 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $108.33 ↓ -71%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $108.33 ↓ -71%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $108.33 ↓ -71%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $108.33 ↓ -71%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $108.33 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $108.33 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $108.33 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $133.25 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $133.25 ↓ -64%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $233.28 ↓ -36%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $272.26 ↓ -26%
United Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -16%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -16%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -16%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -16%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -16%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $432.00 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $479.17 ↑ +30%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $483.84 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $517.79 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $517.79 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|HMO $517.79 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $535.68 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $632.32 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $645.95 ↑ +76%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $734.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $734.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $846.72 ↑ +131%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $864.00 ↑ +135%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,271.67 ↑ +246%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,271.67 ↑ +246%

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Echo exam uterus 76831- at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $201.92 $124.47 – $1,113.94
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $423.72 $108.33 – $1,081.74
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,470.53 $108.33 – $642.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $670.40 $108.33 – $1,445.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $663.17 $108.33 – $1,427.53
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $713.49 $203.97 – $321.48
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $500.10 $108.33 – $697.82
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $482.46 $332.01 – $383.59

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