MRI tmj at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,626.80
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.
$4,150.00
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.
$272.26 with MHS Hospice vs $2,474.00 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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| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $272.26 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -81% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -81% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $347.49 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $517.79 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $517.79 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $517.79 | ↓ -68% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $643.50 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $720.72 | ↓ -56% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $797.94 | ↓ -51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,093.95 | ↓ -33% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,093.95 | ↓ -33% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,261.26 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $1,287.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $1,287.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,111.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,111.00 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,422.00 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $2,474.00 | ↑ +52% |
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MRI tmj at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,440.98 | $307.13 – $4,346.94 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,502.79 | $321.54 – $2,293.58 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,140.86 | $307.13 – $4,447.24 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $9,862.13 | $963.66 – $3,650.50 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,300.36 | $307.13 – $2,804.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,286.34 | $307.13 – $2,768.95 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,974.43 | $338.78 – $2,898.51 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,408.33 | $306.88 – $3,286.93 |