Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$952.96
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.
$2,431.00
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.
$78.57 with MHS HSPCC vs $291.00 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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| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $78.57 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.34 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $115.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.34 | ↓ -88% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.02 | ↓ -88% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.02 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $141.87 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $141.87 | ↓ -85% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $145.50 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $162.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $180.42 | ↓ -81% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $247.35 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $247.35 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $264.45 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $267.72 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $273.54 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $279.36 | ↓ -71% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $285.18 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $291.00 | ↓ -69% |
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Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. | San Luis Obispo | $404.37 | $95.70 – $5,840.90 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $380.80 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $635.54 | $160.93 – $1,131.78 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $380.80 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $380.80 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $380.80 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $769.60 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $769.60 | not published |