Lymphatics/lymph node imaging at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,275.18
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.
$3,253.00
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.
$271.89 with Molina 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $271.89 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $271.89 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $271.89 | ↓ -79% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $271.89 | ↓ -79% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $271.89 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $271.89 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $271.89 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $334.42 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $334.42 | ↓ -74% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $484.38 | ↓ -62% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $551.41 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $897.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,004.64 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,101.15 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -14% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,112.28 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $1,363.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,524.90 | ↑ +20% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,524.90 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,686.36 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,687.16 | ↑ +32% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,758.12 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $1,794.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,704.43 | ↑ +112% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,704.43 | ↑ +112% |
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Lymphatics/lymph node imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,946.91 | $411.34 – $3,467.10 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,454.73 | $107.65 – $2,102.96 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,774.91 | $731.71 – $951.97 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,600.30 | $271.89 – $3,187.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,682.98 | $271.89 – $3,938.62 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $812.49 | $271.89 – $2,565.73 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $803.73 | $271.89 – $2,565.73 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,625.37 | $755.17 – $1,203.05 |