Evaluation heart device at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$2,645.22
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.
$6,748.00
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.
$554.72 with Molina vs $15,950.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $554.72 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $554.72 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $554.72 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $554.72 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $554.72 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $682.31 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $682.31 | ↓ -74% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $879.43 | ↓ -67% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $879.43 | ↓ -67% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,821.96 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,374.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $3,778.88 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,183.76 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,926.00 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,465.88 | ↑ +107% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,735.80 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,735.80 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +134% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,613.04 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $6,613.04 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,108.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7,631.00 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $15,950.00 | ↑ +503% |
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Evaluation heart device at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,973.32 | $554.72 – $6,808.06 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $9,940.41 | $2,747.00 – $19,158.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $239.04 | $1,200.00 – $16,338.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $592.04 | $530.50 – $4,018.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $517.65 | $637.14 – $10,759.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,955.52 | $554.72 – $4,397.15 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $1,782.35 | $554.72 – $4,397.15 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,260.70 | $1,232.28 – $10,498.00 |