Hematopoietic nuclear tx at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,899.64
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.
$4,846.00
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.
$142.26 with Molina vs $1,398.37 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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| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.26 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $142.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.26 | ↓ -93% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $166.59 | ↓ -91% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $166.59 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.98 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.98 | ↓ -91% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $232.74 | ↓ -88% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $277.35 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -85% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -85% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $431.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $482.72 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $486.59 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $534.44 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $561.65 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $561.65 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $561.65 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $732.70 | ↓ -61% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $732.70 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $810.28 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $827.52 | ↓ -56% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $844.76 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $862.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,398.37 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,398.37 | ↓ -26% |
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Hematopoietic nuclear tx at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,380.54 | $142.26 – $5,190.08 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $563.15 | $166.26 – $800.23 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $314.45 – $983.24 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $331.30 – $1,242.57 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $300.11 – $1,409.08 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $287.81 – $562.10 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $1,412.37 – $1,412.37 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $324.68 – $1,057.13 |