Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$346.92
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.
$885.00
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.
$44.68 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 | $44.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $54.96 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $54.96 | ↓ -84% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $70.85 | ↓ -80% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $70.85 | ↓ -80% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $238.95 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $442.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $495.60 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $496.55 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $507.25 | ↑ +46% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $548.70 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $708.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $752.25 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $752.25 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $867.30 | ↑ +150% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,500.00 | ↑ +1197% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,865.00 | ↑ +1591% |
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Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $198.83 | $6.56 – $64.25 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $268.61 | $44.68 – $579.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $265.71 | $44.68 – $694.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $857.82 | $139.70 – $347.12 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $577.32 | $393.64 – $393.64 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $540.09 | $52.20 – $157.03 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $462.06 | $394.56 – $394.56 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $259.02 | $44.68 – $722.42 |