Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$2,492.73
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.
$6,359.00
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.
$339.06 with BCBS - Anthem 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $339.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $339.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $339.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $339.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $339.06 | ↓ -86% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $353.27 | ↓ -86% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $353.27 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $417.04 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $417.04 | ↓ -83% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $446.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -82% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $460.62 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $828.27 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $828.27 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $828.27 | ↓ -67% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $853.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $955.36 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,057.72 | ↓ -58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,450.10 | ↓ -42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,450.10 | ↓ -42% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,671.88 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $1,706.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $1,706.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,111.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,111.00 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,422.00 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $2,474.00 | ↓ -1% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,659.98 | $453.77 – $4,736.94 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,407.51 | $71.43 – $5,056.61 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $7,940.19 | $470.15 – $5,227.89 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,121.41 | $339.06 – $5,415.48 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $12,993.00 | $339.06 – $4,901.96 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,248.48 | $339.06 – $7,004.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,213.46 | $339.06 – $6,917.24 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $7,044.12 | $495.35 – $6,606.76 |