Tilt table study at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,113.28
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.
$2,840.00
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.
$567.34 with MHS Hospice vs $6,182.00 with United — 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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| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $567.34 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -39% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -39% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $766.80 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,420.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,590.40 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,760.80 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,300.40 | ↑ +107% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,414.00 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,414.00 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,783.20 | ↑ +150% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,926.00 | ↑ +342% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +455% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Tilt table study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,588.63 | $674.18 – $2,829.06 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $1,622.40 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $1,622.40 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $4,659.20 | not published |