Fondaparinux sodium at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$560.56
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.
$1,430.00
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.
$1.11 with United vs $1,330.84 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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.11 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1.11 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2.43 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $5.76 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $64.01 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $64.01 | ↓ -89% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $366.66 | ↓ -35% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $679.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $760.48 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $841.96 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $950.60 | ↑ +70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $950.60 | ↑ +70% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,154.30 | ↑ +106% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,154.30 | ↑ +106% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,330.84 | ↑ +137% |
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Fondaparinux sodium at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $178.71 | $1.11 – $156.78 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $84.15 | $1.71 – $9.66 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $612.04 | $1.11 – $654.64 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $221.86 | $1.11 – $93.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $97.63 | $1.11 – $92.43 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $412.72 | $1.71 – $10.46 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $412.72 | $1.44 – $12.47 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $150.24 | $1.11 – $78.72 |