MRI cardiac morph & func wwo IV cont at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,754.20
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.
$4,475.00
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.
$361.03 with Molina vs $2,111.00 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 | $361.03 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $361.03 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $361.03 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $361.03 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $361.03 | ↓ -79% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $380.47 | ↓ -78% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $380.47 | ↓ -78% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $440.37 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $444.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $444.07 | ↓ -75% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $446.12 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -74% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -74% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $815.50 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $828.27 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $828.27 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $828.27 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $913.36 | ↓ -48% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,011.22 | ↓ -42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,386.35 | ↓ -21% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,386.35 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,533.14 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,565.76 | ↓ -11% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,598.38 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $1,631.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $1,631.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,111.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,111.00 | ↑ +20% |
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MRI cardiac morph & func wwo IV cont at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $544.44 | $335.61 – $1,243.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,199.07 | $361.03 – $4,605.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $467.46 | $361.03 – $1,356.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $462.42 | $361.03 – $1,356.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,442.07 | $361.03 – $3,659.66 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $525.30 | $485.45 – $3,674.38 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,141.12 | $381.40 – $830.11 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $733.88 | $361.03 – $653.00 |