Ga-67 gallium 0.1 mci at SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC.

1010 Murray Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1639101116

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 10, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$319.32

Cash price

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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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$3,548.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,206.32 with HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS vs $4,612.40 with CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS $1,206.32 ↑ +278%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $1,220.51 ↑ +282%
UHC PPO UHC PPO $1,220.51 ↑ +282%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,220.51 ↑ +282%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $1,390.82 ↑ +336%
BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS $1,731.42 ↑ +442%
BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO-ALL OTHER PLANS $1,908.82 ↑ +498%
NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXCLUS NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXCLUS $2,048.97 ↑ +542%
NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXCLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXCLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS $2,048.97 ↑ +542%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $3,548.00 ↑ +1011%
CENCAL MCAL CENCAL MCAL $4,044.72 ↑ +1167%
BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL $4,264.70 ↑ +1236%
COALINGA-ALL PLANS COALINGA-ALL PLANS $4,612.40 ↑ +1344%
CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS $4,612.40 ↑ +1344%

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Ga-67 gallium 0.1 mci at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $391.22 $25.56 – $978.04
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $36.80 $22.41 – $232.23
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,469.22 $26.00 – $26.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,469.22 $26.00 – $26.00
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $1,469.22 $26.00 – $26.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $134.82 $25.56 – $308.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $215.93 $36.30 – $465.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $213.60 $36.30 – $459.78

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