Gadoterate meglumine 0.5 mmol/ml (376.9 mg/ml) intravenous solution at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$184.64
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.
$471.00
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.
$0.20 with United vs $461.58 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 | $0.20 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $0.20 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $0.25 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4.16 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4.16 | ↓ -98% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $127.17 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $235.50 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $263.76 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $292.02 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $329.70 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $329.70 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $400.35 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $400.35 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $461.58 | ↑ +150% |
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Gadoterate meglumine 0.5 mmol/ml (376.9 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $78.55 | $1.60 – $1.60 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $52.76 | $0.13 – $127.20 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $260.58 | $0.20 – $363.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $69.70 | $0.13 – $131.97 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $0.26 – $0.63 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $0.26 – $0.68 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $0.23 – $0.81 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $0.23 – $0.81 |