Screening Mammogram at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$257.16
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.
$656.00
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.
$119.45 with Molina vs $487.00 with Aetna — 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 | $119.45 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $119.45 | ↓ -54% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $119.45 | ↓ -54% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $119.45 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $119.45 | ↓ -54% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $120.94 | ↓ -53% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $120.94 | ↓ -53% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $131.49 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $146.92 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $146.92 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $217.46 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $217.46 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $217.46 | ↓ -15% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $243.50 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $272.72 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $301.94 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $413.95 | ↑ +61% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $413.95 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $457.78 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $467.52 | ↑ +82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $473.27 | ↑ +84% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $473.27 | ↑ +84% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $477.26 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $487.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $487.00 | ↑ +89% |
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Screening Mammogram at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $205.86 | $105.30 – $414.57 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $264.42 | $102.09 – $241.53 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $709.41 | $97.76 – $629.92 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $353.10 | $119.45 – $768.32 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $259.74 | $100.90 – $382.20 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $333.90 | $119.45 – $660.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $330.30 | $119.45 – $651.75 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $466.65 | $99.75 – $825.51 |