Nuclear rx intra-arterial at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,015.28
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.
$2,590.00
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.
$200.50 with CenCal vs $1,398.37 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $200.50 | ↓ -80% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $200.50 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $200.51 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $200.51 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $200.51 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $200.51 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $200.51 | ↓ -80% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $232.74 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $246.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $246.63 | ↓ -76% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $277.35 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -72% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $284.78 | ↓ -72% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $431.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $482.72 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $512.83 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $534.44 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $561.65 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $561.65 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $561.65 | ↓ -45% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $732.70 | ↓ -28% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $732.70 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $810.28 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $827.52 | ↓ -18% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $844.76 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $862.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,398.37 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,398.37 | ↑ +38% |
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Nuclear rx intra-arterial at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,097.63 | $284.78 – $1,446.12 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,153.89 | $200.50 – $2,517.62 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $380.65 | $200.51 – $1,326.65 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,013.88 | $331.30 – $760.36 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,151.07 | $300.11 – $862.25 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $292.53 | $104.58 – $498.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,020.00 | $324.68 – $646.88 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $496.32 | $255.09 – $555.20 |