Intracard echo interv w/s&i at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,259.11
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.
$3,212.00
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.
$310.47 with Molina vs $7,631.00 with Aetna — 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 | $310.47 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $310.47 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $310.47 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $310.47 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $310.47 | ↓ -75% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $343.15 | ↓ -73% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $343.15 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $381.88 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $381.88 | ↓ -70% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $789.21 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $962.51 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $983.26 | ↓ -22% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,461.50 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,636.88 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,812.26 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,367.63 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,484.55 | ↑ +97% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,484.55 | ↑ +97% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,864.54 | ↑ +128% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,926.00 | ↑ +291% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +391% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $7,108.00 | ↑ +465% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $7,631.00 | ↑ +506% |
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Intracard echo interv w/s&i at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $547.94 | $337.77 – $975.78 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,374.74 | $310.47 – $3,147.76 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,161.23 | $310.47 – $2,504.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,148.71 | $310.47 – $3,130.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,619.07 | $672.85 – $2,747.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,139.02 | $270.56 – $17,122.42 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,282.87 | $572.43 – $1,716.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,431.52 | $895.90 – $1,200.00 |