Capsaicin 8% patch at Fresno Medical Center
7300 NORTH FRESNO STREET, FRESNO, CA · Kaiserpermanente · · NPI 1083784672
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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.
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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.
$3.38 with [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] vs $5.68 with [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] — 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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| [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] | [medicaid] | $3.38 | — |
| [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] | [medicare] | $3.38 | — |
| [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] | [commercial] | $5.68 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Capsaicin 8% patch at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $474.54 | $3.31 – $7.27 |
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $1,572.44 | $3.42 – $8,772.56 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $5,462.16 | $3.15 – $4.96 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $2,482.80 | $3.38 – $8,276.00 |
| LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC | Lodi | $579.32 | $3.42 – $9,600.16 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $1,406.92 | $3.42 – $8,276.00 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI | Tehachapi | $2,234.52 | $3.38 – $8,276.00 |
| UKIAH ADVENTIST HOSPITAL | Ukiah | $1,655.20 | $3.27 – $8,276.00 |