Sleep Study (Polysomnography) at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$2,506.06
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.
$6,393.00
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.
$399.42 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,393.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $399.42 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $399.42 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $399.42 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $399.42 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $399.42 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $491.29 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $491.29 | ↓ -80% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $633.23 | ↓ -75% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $633.23 | ↓ -75% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,061.93 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↓ -48% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↓ -48% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↓ -48% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↓ -48% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,726.11 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,727.49 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $2,786.30 | ↑ +11% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,196.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $3,580.08 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,963.66 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $4,249.08 | ↑ +70% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,500.00 | ↑ +80% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,114.40 | ↑ +104% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,434.05 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,434.05 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,865.00 | ↑ +134% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,265.14 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $6,393.00 | ↑ +155% |
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Sleep Study (Polysomnography) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $4,888.80 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $4,888.80 | not published |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,834.20 | $153.34 – $574.32 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $4,888.80 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $4,888.80 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $4,888.80 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,736.21 | $399.42 – $6,265.14 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,883.03 | $1,104.48 – $2,162.25 |