Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$85.85
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.
$219.00
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.
$18.13 with Partnership Health Plan vs $185.22 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.13 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.13 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.13 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.13 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.13 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.30 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.30 | ↓ -74% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.85 | ↓ -73% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.85 | ↓ -73% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $44.52 | ↓ -48% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $51.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -32% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $67.44 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $76.13 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76.13 | ↓ -11% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $94.50 | ↑ +10% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $105.84 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $109.39 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $117.18 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $133.59 | ↑ +56% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $153.30 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $153.30 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $160.65 | ↑ +87% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $160.65 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $166.18 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $173.01 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $183.33 | ↑ +114% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $185.22 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $185.22 | ↑ +116% |
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Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $240.90 | $19.93 – $1,951.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $55.53 | $9.23 – $80.51 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $642.60 | $63.10 – $99.20 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $93.74 | $18.13 – $995.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $438.90 | $18.13 – $611.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $140.61 | $18.13 – $310.78 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $139.10 | $18.13 – $310.78 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $267.75 | $66.49 – $99.20 |