Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$188.16
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.
$480.00
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.
$9.66 with Blue Shield CA vs $470.40 with MultiPlan — 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $9.66 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $9.66 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $11.19 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $11.26 | ↓ -94% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $11.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $11.31 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $11.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $11.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $11.31 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.39 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12.39 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $38.86 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $38.86 | ↓ -79% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $129.60 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $240.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $268.80 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $297.60 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $336.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $336.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $408.00 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $408.00 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $470.40 | ↑ +150% |
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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $63.08 | $6.27 – $112.32 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $84.15 | $5.87 – $14.73 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $205.44 | $10.39 – $470.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $18.93 | $5.12 – $27.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $18.72 | $9.36 – $32.67 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $84.15 | $6.35 – $14.73 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $84.15 | $7.57 – $14.73 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $84.15 | $8.21 – $15.02 |