Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr w/img ini at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$4,675.78
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.
$11,928.00
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.
$393.89 with Molina vs $13,159.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 | $393.89 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $393.89 | ↓ -92% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $393.89 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $393.89 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $393.89 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $393.89 | ↓ -92% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $393.89 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $484.48 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $484.48 | ↓ -90% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $2,916.27 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↓ -12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↓ -12% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↓ -12% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,243.00 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $5,432.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $5,582.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,940.55 | ↑ +27% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $5,997.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,048.56 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,696.62 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $8,926.00 | ↑ +91% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,180.85 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $9,180.85 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,936.92 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,584.98 | ↑ +126% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $13,159.00 | ↑ +181% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr w/img ini at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,874.55 | $595.91 – $7,471.42 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6,059.82 | $4,129.00 – $11,185.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,105.19 | $393.89 – $11,239.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $14,042.61 | $393.89 – $8,127.14 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,917.39 | $393.89 – $8,447.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,875.16 | $393.89 – $8,341.61 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,559.11 | $4,645.79 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,857.86 | $4,208.34 – $17,611.00 |