Radiation therapy dose plan at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$261.08
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.
$666.00
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.
$80.50 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,050.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $80.50 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.50 | ↓ -69% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.50 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.50 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.50 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.50 | ↓ -69% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.50 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.02 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.02 | ↓ -62% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $147.90 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -35% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $179.82 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $204.91 | ↓ -22% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $333.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $372.96 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $400.56 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $412.92 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $558.30 | ↑ +114% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $566.10 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $566.10 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $570.33 | ↑ +118% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $612.72 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $652.68 | ↑ +150% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $666.00 | ↑ +155% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $666.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,050.00 | ↑ +3366% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9,050.00 | ↑ +3366% |
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Radiation therapy dose plan at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $245.72 | $121.79 – $488.07 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $312.87 | $80.50 – $11,311.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $73.09 | $80.50 – $19,249.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,126.08 | $190.84 – $398.10 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $466.65 | $172.87 – $451.45 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $76.15 | $54.39 – $259.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,083.75 | $187.03 – $338.69 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $556.80 | $146.94 – $319.81 |