Stress test pulmonary at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$264.21
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.
$674.00
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.
$30.12 with Partnership Health Plan vs $660.52 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.12 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.12 | ↓ -89% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.12 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.12 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.12 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.12 | ↓ -89% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.12 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.05 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.05 | ↓ -86% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $127.38 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $133.54 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $136.41 | ↓ -48% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -38% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $181.98 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $337.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $377.44 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $417.88 | ↑ +58% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $572.90 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $572.90 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $620.08 | ↑ +135% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $660.52 | ↑ +150% |
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Stress test pulmonary at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $272.34 | $73.86 – $182.96 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $288.48 | $30.12 – $660.52 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $182.40 | $30.12 – $392.63 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $404.94 | $93.34 – $188.91 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $349.86 | $105.85 – $171.12 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $154.02 | $42.23 – $179.26 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $309.57 | $106.10 – $106.10 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $161.70 | $30.12 – $271.32 |