Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,751.85
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.
$4,469.00
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.
$239.76 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 | $239.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $239.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $239.76 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $239.76 | ↓ -86% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $239.76 | ↓ -86% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $239.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $239.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $294.90 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $294.90 | ↓ -83% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $562.63 | ↓ -68% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $663.66 | ↓ -62% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,229.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,376.48 | ↓ -21% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,523.96 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,966.40 | ↑ +12% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,089.30 | ↑ +19% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,089.30 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $2,310.52 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,359.68 | ↑ +35% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,408.84 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,500.00 | ↑ +157% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,865.00 | ↑ +235% |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,409.00 | $362.73 – $4,290.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,141.65 | $61.91 – $395.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,472.48 | $736.35 – $1,818.47 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,912.74 | $239.76 – $4,379.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,962.04 | $239.76 – $2,064.86 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,231.20 | $239.76 – $4,811.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,207.14 | $239.76 – $4,751.06 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,126.81 | $775.83 – $3,331.00 |