Injection arthrography hip without anesthesia (both sides) at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$492.36
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.
$1,256.00
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.
$231.12 with Molina vs $5,432.00 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 | $231.12 | ↓ -53% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -53% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $231.12 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -53% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $247.59 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $284.28 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $284.28 | ↓ -42% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $364.34 | ↓ -26% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $364.34 | ↓ -26% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $504.35 | ↑ +2% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $513.52 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $568.54 | ↑ +15% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $779.45 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $779.45 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $843.64 | ↑ +71% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $898.66 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↑ +725% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↑ +786% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +965% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +1003% |
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Injection arthrography hip without anesthesia (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $179.58 | $110.70 – $410.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $236.47 | $123.82 – $332.33 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $756.84 | $365.65 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $403.18 | $231.12 – $861.42 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,677.66 | $231.12 – $1,080.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $257.48 | $231.12 – $473.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $254.70 | $231.12 – $694.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $908.82 | $525.46 – $6,200.00 |