Assay of leflunomide at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$25.92
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.
$66.11
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.
$17.85 with MHS HSPCC vs $116.83 with Cigna — 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 | $17.85 | ↓ -31% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.86 | ↑ +19% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.86 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.86 | ↑ +19% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.86 | ↑ +19% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.86 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $31.74 | ↑ +22% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $33.06 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $37.03 | ↑ +43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.96 | ↑ +46% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.96 | ↑ +46% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $38.57 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $38.57 | ↑ +49% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $38.57 | ↑ +49% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $38.57 | ↑ +49% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $38.57 | ↑ +49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $38.57 | ↑ +49% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $38.57 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $38.57 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $38.57 | ↑ +49% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $40.99 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $44.96 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $46.28 | ↑ +79% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $46.28 | ↑ +79% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $46.28 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $56.20 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $56.20 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $62.15 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $63.47 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $64.79 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $66.11 | ↑ +155% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $66.11 | ↑ +155% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $116.83 | ↑ +351% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $116.83 | ↑ +351% |
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Assay of leflunomide at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $71.40 | $37.80 – $106.84 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $28.30 | $30.86 – $99.38 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $71.40 | $38.57 – $135.01 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $71.40 | $38.57 – $255.18 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $71.40 | $255.78 – $255.78 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $71.40 | $37.80 – $114.87 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $67.20 | $32.78 – $77.14 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $67.20 | $32.78 – $77.14 |