Intrvasc Ultrasound noncoronary addl vessel at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$6,193.60
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.
$15,800.00
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.
$195.46 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,881.34 with MultiPlan — 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 | $195.46 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $195.46 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $195.46 | ↓ -97% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $195.46 | ↓ -97% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $195.46 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $195.46 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $195.46 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $240.42 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $240.42 | ↓ -96% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $2,722.41 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,063.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,363.00 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,545.65 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,646.48 | ↓ -9% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,251.46 | ↑ +1% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,570.55 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,570.55 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,276.36 | ↑ +50% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,881.34 | ↑ +60% |
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Intrvasc Ultrasound noncoronary addl vessel at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,127.37 | $295.72 – $3,788.46 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,762.40 | $195.46 – $9,779.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $342.81 | $195.46 – $822.36 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $339.11 | $195.46 – $914.76 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,300.03 | $546.83 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,935.78 | $2,699.00 – $21,319.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $251.08 | $179.34 – $717.36 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,452.19 | $528.20 – $4,042.00 |