Echo guide for transfusion at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$367.31
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.
$937.00
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.
$162.03 with BCBS - Anthem vs $918.26 with MultiPlan — 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 | $162.03 | ↓ -56% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $162.03 | ↓ -56% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $162.03 | ↓ -56% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $162.03 | ↓ -56% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $162.03 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $162.03 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $162.03 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $199.30 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $199.30 | ↓ -46% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $252.99 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $304.80 | ↓ -17% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $468.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $524.72 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $580.94 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $595.84 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $630.08 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $643.67 | ↑ +75% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $796.45 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $796.45 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $862.04 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $918.26 | ↑ +150% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Echo guide for transfusion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $482.79 | $162.03 – $1,105.44 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $312.63 – $355.52 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $449.28 – $460.38 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $509.49 – $509.49 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $180.01 – $203.24 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $510.68 – $510.68 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $382.23 – $401.62 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $328.66 – $570.49 |