Echo transthoracic at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$982.36
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.
$2,506.00
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.
$95.79 with Molina 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $95.79 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $95.79 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $95.79 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $95.79 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $95.79 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $117.82 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $117.82 | ↓ -88% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $151.86 | ↓ -85% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $151.86 | ↓ -85% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $562.63 | ↓ -43% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $676.62 | ↓ -31% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -29% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -29% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $894.33 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $913.61 | ↓ -7% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,253.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,403.36 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,553.72 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,004.80 | ↑ +104% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,130.10 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,130.10 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,455.88 | ↑ +150% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,500.00 | ↑ +358% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,865.00 | ↑ +497% |
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Echo transthoracic at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $626.58 | $109.66 – $1,030.14 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,072.57 | $95.79 – $2,455.88 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,252.08 | $95.79 – $1,842.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,412.77 | $95.79 – $3,046.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,397.54 | $95.79 – $3,008.32 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $765.51 | $702.78 – $3,331.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,017.54 | $95.79 – $2,838.02 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $816.00 | $575.55 – $1,300.14 |