Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$69.39
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.
$177.00
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.
$42.66 with MHS HSPCC vs $8,190.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $42.66 | ↓ -39% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.52 | ↓ -32% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.52 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.52 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.52 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $47.52 | ↓ -32% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.82 | ↓ -30% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.82 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $57.31 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $57.31 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $57.31 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $58.45 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $58.45 | ↓ -16% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $79.00 | ↑ +14% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $88.48 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $97.96 | ↑ +41% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $120.23 | ↑ +73% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $120.23 | ↑ +73% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $134.30 | ↑ +94% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $134.30 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $148.52 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $151.68 | ↑ +119% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $154.84 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,556.00 | ↑ +7907% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $8,190.00 | ↑ +11703% |
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Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $134.40 | $22.00 – $22.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $134.40 | $22.00 – $22.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $74.36 | $13.00 – $13.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $74.36 | $13.00 – $13.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $47.91 | $23.78 – $78.41 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $134.40 | $22.00 – $22.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $134.40 | $22.00 – $22.00 |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $134.40 | $22.00 – $22.00 |