Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$185.81
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.
$474.00
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.
$22.43 with Blue Shield CA vs $232.26 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|Exchange | $22.43 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $22.43 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $26.83 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $27.13 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.13 | ↓ -85% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $63.99 | ↓ -66% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $118.50 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $132.72 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $140.02 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $140.02 | ↓ -25% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $146.94 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $165.90 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $165.90 | ↓ -11% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $201.45 | ↑ +8% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $201.45 | ↑ +8% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $232.26 | ↑ +25% |
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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.38 | $22.43 – $102.18 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $101.44 | $26.33 – $232.26 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $83.11 | $11.89 – $76.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $82.21 | $18.50 – $74.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $53.81 | $21.31 – $127.10 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $82.91 | $23.06 – $34.57 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $144.00 | $16.14 – $272.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $79.80 | $13.91 – $183.00 |