Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$14,700.00
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.
$37,500.00
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.
$380.62 with BCBS - Anthem vs $36,750.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $380.62 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $380.62 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -93% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,204.46 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,204.46 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,204.46 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,204.46 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,204.46 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,800.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1,800.00 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,884.98 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,884.98 | ↓ -87% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,041.07 | ↓ -79% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,041.07 | ↓ -79% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $3,100.04 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,688.62 | ↓ -68% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $10,125.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $18,750.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $21,000.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $23,250.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26,250.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $26,250.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $31,875.00 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $31,875.00 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $36,750.00 | ↑ +150% |
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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,621.83 | $61.37 – $6,449.82 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,459.58 | $57.45 – $1,933.30 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $16,050.00 | $101.78 – $36,750.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,549.79 | $10.40 – $1,204.46 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,489.96 | $10.40 – $26.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,459.58 | $62.18 – $1,933.30 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,459.58 | $74.17 – $1,933.30 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,459.58 | $146.47 – $2,284.82 |