Ferric carboxymaltose 50 mg iron/ml intravenous solution at French Hospital

1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$3,895.70

Cash price

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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.

$9,938.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1.13 with Molina vs $9,739.24 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1.13 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $1.13 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1.13 ↓ -100%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $1.13 ↓ -100%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1.13 ↓ -100%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $1.29 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1.45 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1.45 ↓ -100%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1.45 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1.45 ↓ -100%
United Medicare|All Plans $1.45 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1.45 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1.45 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1.45 ↓ -100%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $1.45 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $1.83 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.83 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.85 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|FFS $2.45 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.45 ↓ -100%
CenCal Medicaid|> 21 $5.59 ↓ -100%
CenCal Medicaid|< 21 $5.59 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $10.29 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10.29 ↓ -100%
MHS HSPCC Commercial|All Plans $2,683.26 ↓ -31%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,969.00 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,565.28 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,161.56 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,956.60 ↑ +79%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6,956.60 ↑ +79%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,447.30 ↑ +117%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,447.30 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,739.24 ↑ +150%

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Ferric carboxymaltose 50 mg iron/ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,237.53 $1.44 – $894.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,253.47 $1.45 – $9,739.24
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,812.62 $1.45 – $3,901.81
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,185.71 $1.13 – $3,307.06
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,448.90 $0.94 – $2.43
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,492.60 $1.13 – $4,549.60
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $3,577.50 $1.06 – $6,757.50
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $1,070.25 $1.10 – $3,836.00

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