Gallbladder Function Scan (HIDA with Medication) at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,159.54
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.
$2,958.00
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.
$391.93 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,704.43 with Cigna — 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 | $391.93 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $391.93 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $391.93 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $391.93 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $391.93 | ↓ -66% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $408.54 | ↓ -65% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $408.54 | ↓ -65% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $461.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $482.07 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $482.07 | ↓ -58% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $551.41 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -41% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -41% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $855.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $957.60 | ↓ -17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,060.20 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,101.15 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -5% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,453.50 | ↑ +25% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,453.50 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,607.40 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,641.60 | ↑ +42% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,675.80 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $1,710.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $1,710.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,704.43 | ↑ +133% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,704.43 | ↑ +133% |
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Gallbladder Function Scan (HIDA with Medication) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. | San Luis Obispo | $347.67 | $697.12 – $5,021.90 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $2,094.40 | $719.00 – $719.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,546.58 | $592.95 – $2,754.18 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $2,094.40 | $719.00 – $719.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $2,094.40 | $719.00 – $719.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $2,094.40 | $719.00 – $719.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $1,612.00 | $489.00 – $489.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $1,612.00 | $489.00 – $489.00 |