New Patient Office Visit (level 3) at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$142.30
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.
$363.00
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.
$82.05 with CenCal vs $328.30 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.05 | ↓ -42% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.05 | ↓ -42% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $90.45 | ↓ -36% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $101.90 | ↓ -28% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $101.90 | ↓ -28% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $101.90 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.90 | ↓ -28% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $101.90 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.34 | ↓ -12% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $125.34 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $134.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $167.50 | ↑ +18% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $187.60 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $195.00 | ↑ +37% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $207.70 | ↑ +46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $234.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $234.00 | ↑ +64% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $271.35 | ↑ +91% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $284.75 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $284.75 | ↑ +100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $324.95 | ↑ +128% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $328.30 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $328.30 | ↑ +131% |
Visitor-reported prices
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New Patient Office Visit (level 3) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $642.42 | $66.96 – $226.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $155.37 | $82.05 – $335.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $175.16 | $39.84 – $150.92 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $116.71 | $101.90 – $232.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $475.83 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $109.65 | not published |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $198.75 | $82.05 – $554.32 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $170.98 | $94.36 – $220.10 |