Fluocinolone acetonide implt at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$32,193.00
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.
$82,125.00
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.
$340.04 with BCBS - Anthem vs $80,482.50 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 | Medicaid|All Plans | $340.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $340.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $340.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $340.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $340.04 | ↓ -99% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $340.22 | ↓ -99% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $340.22 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $386.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $386.95 | ↓ -99% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $396.57 | ↓ -99% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $431.70 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $431.70 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $431.70 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $431.70 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $431.70 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $431.70 | ↓ -99% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $431.70 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $431.70 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $431.70 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $534.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $549.83 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $549.83 | ↓ -98% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $22,173.75 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $41,062.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $45,990.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $50,917.50 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $57,487.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $57,487.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $69,806.25 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $69,806.25 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $78,840.00 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $79,661.25 | ↑ +147% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $80,482.50 | ↑ +150% |
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Fluocinolone acetonide implt at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $35,149.50 | $340.04 – $80,482.50 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $27,287.07 | $236.04 – $44,446.98 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $10,939.05 | $340.04 – $26,937.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $332.02 – $24,286.71 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $338.79 – $26,289.25 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $338.79 – $31,358.67 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $328.91 – $61,925.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $679.53 – $31,435.54 |