Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$3,863.16
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.
$9,855.00
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.
$348.12 with Molina vs $7,222.02 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -91% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -91% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $348.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $428.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $428.19 | ↓ -89% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,162.08 | ↓ -70% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,486.30 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $2,120.63 | ↓ -45% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,152.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2,410.24 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,668.48 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,938.37 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,938.37 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,938.37 | ↓ -24% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,658.40 | ↓ -5% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,658.40 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,045.76 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,131.84 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $4,145.49 | ↑ +7% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,217.92 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $7,222.02 | ↑ +87% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,222.02 | ↑ +87% |
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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,264.76 | $526.67 – $9,375.60 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $4,154.83 | $66.42 – $574.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,490.15 | $1,744.68 – $2,682.07 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,847.96 | $348.12 – $9,657.90 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $7,914.75 | $348.12 – $5,487.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,968.75 | $348.12 – $6,851.62 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,936.74 | $348.12 – $6,851.62 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $8,146.23 | $1,838.22 – $3,514.97 |