Ob Ultrasound nuchal meas 1 gest 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

$218.74

Cash price

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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.

$558.00

Gross charge

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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.

$108.60 with Molina vs $601.70 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 $108.60 ↓ -50%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $108.60 ↓ -50%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $108.60 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $108.60 ↓ -50%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $108.60 ↓ -50%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $108.91 ↓ -50%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $108.91 ↓ -50%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $127.71 ↓ -42%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $130.94 ↓ -40%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $133.58 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $133.58 ↓ -39%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -38%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -38%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -38%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $236.50 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↑ +12%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $264.88 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $293.26 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $367.31 ↑ +68%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $402.05 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $402.05 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $444.62 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $454.08 ↑ +108%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $463.54 ↑ +112%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $473.00 ↑ +116%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $601.70 ↑ +175%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $601.70 ↑ +175%

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Ob Ultrasound nuchal meas 1 gest at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $514.96 $21.27 – $636.32
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $272.64 $108.60 – $520.38
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $679.83 $134.46 – $592.90
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $424.32 $145.47 – $444.81
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $378.72 $114.29 – $248.76
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $134.60 $41.52 – $173.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $277.05 $108.60 – $993.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $197.88 $97.74 – $543.00

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