Pulse ox single at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$103.49
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.
$264.00
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.
$6.41 with BCBS - Anthem vs $258.72 with MultiPlan — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.88 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.88 | ↓ -92% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.17 | ↓ -90% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.17 | ↓ -90% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $71.28 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $132.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $147.84 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $163.68 | ↑ +58% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $224.40 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $224.40 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $242.88 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $258.72 | ↑ +150% |
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Pulse ox single at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $118.70 | $4.04 – $211.38 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $113.00 | $6.41 – $96.04 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $113.89 | $3.37 – $12.74 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $43.04 | $6.41 – $92.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $42.58 | $6.41 – $114.84 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $35.98 | $6.30 – $50.40 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $5.10 | $106.65 – $106.65 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $154.65 | $6.41 – $441.84 |