Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$842.80
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.
$2,150.00
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.
$52.45 with CenCal vs $540.96 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $52.45 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $52.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.08 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $53.08 | ↓ -94% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $61.28 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.29 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.29 | ↓ -92% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $67.44 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $67.44 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $67.44 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $67.44 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $67.44 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $67.44 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $67.44 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $67.44 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $67.44 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $86.54 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $87.58 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $87.58 | ↓ -90% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $149.04 | ↓ -82% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $276.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $309.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $342.24 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $386.40 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $386.40 | ↓ -54% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $469.20 | ↓ -44% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $469.20 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $535.44 | ↓ -36% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $540.96 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $540.96 | ↓ -36% |
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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $282.51 | $34.27 – $98.99 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $920.20 | $52.45 – $540.96 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $166.21 | $40.80 – $100.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $324.80 | $40.80 – $100.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $422.72 | $53.08 – $120.07 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $422.72 | $53.08 – $143.22 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $172.25 | $53.08 – $282.82 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $222.65 | $106.15 – $143.57 |