Nm imaging thyroid single/multiple uptake(s) quantitative measurement(s) at French Hospital

1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,110.54

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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.

$2,833.00

Gross charge

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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.

$213.50 with Molina vs $2,083.30 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $213.50 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $213.50 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $213.50 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $213.50 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $213.50 ↓ -81%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $220.11 ↓ -80%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $220.11 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $262.61 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $262.61 ↓ -76%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $321.57 ↓ -71%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $430.09 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $595.50 ↓ -46%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $666.96 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $738.42 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $848.52 ↓ -24%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,012.35 ↓ -9%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,012.35 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $1,105.45 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,119.54 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,143.36 ↑ +3%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,167.18 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $1,191.00 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,083.30 ↑ +88%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,083.30 ↑ +88%

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Nm imaging thyroid single/multiple uptake(s) quantitative measurement(s) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $881.70 $323.00 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $817.28 $80.37 – $1,181.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,130.16 $538.74 – $1,404.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,377.74 $213.50 – $2,744.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,297.37 $213.50 – $1,909.04
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $317.21 $213.50 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $313.79 $213.50 – $1,976.45
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,610.58 $567.62 – $1,840.62

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