Dimecaprol injection at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$387.69
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.
$989.00
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.
$60.88 with Partnership Health Plan vs $969.22 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $60.88 | ↓ -84% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $60.88 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $60.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $60.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $60.88 | ↓ -84% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $60.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $60.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $64.18 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $64.18 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $105.90 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $105.90 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $105.90 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $215.46 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $215.46 | ↓ -44% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $267.03 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $494.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $553.84 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $613.18 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $692.30 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $692.30 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $840.65 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $840.65 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $969.22 | ↑ +150% |
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Dimecaprol injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $284.56 | $34.02 – $315.20 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $521.83 | $43.04 – $43.04 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $386.77 | $37.34 – $362.84 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $355.94 | $47.79 – $672.32 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $521.83 | $42.51 – $42.51 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $211.26 | $41.66 – $328.68 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $439.57 | $44.77 – $436.10 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $314.63 | $54.55 – $108.55 |