Inhalation aerosol pentamidine pneumocystis pneumonia treatment/prophylaxis at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$161.51
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.
$412.00
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.
$111.24 with MHS HSPCC vs $6,182.00 with United — 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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| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $111.24 | ↓ -31% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $134.43 | ↓ -17% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $134.43 | ↓ -17% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $153.04 | ↓ -5% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $153.04 | ↓ -5% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $153.04 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $153.04 | ↓ -5% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $153.04 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $188.24 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $188.24 | ↑ +17% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $206.00 | ↑ +28% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $214.92 | ↑ +33% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $230.72 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $255.44 | ↑ +58% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +60% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +60% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +60% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +60% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $258.43 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $333.72 | ↑ +107% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $350.20 | ↑ +117% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $350.20 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $387.28 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $395.52 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $403.76 | ↑ +150% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $891.00 | ↑ +452% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,149.00 | ↑ +611% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,149.00 | ↑ +611% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1,312.00 | ↑ +712% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,926.00 | ↑ +2950% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +3728% |
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Inhalation aerosol pentamidine pneumocystis pneumonia treatment/prophylaxis at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $176.34 | $134.43 – $746.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $147.19 | $57.18 – $216.58 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $88.67 | $119.50 – $239.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $87.72 | $119.50 – $12,607.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $503.88 | $281.64 – $449.32 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $121.06 | $21.20 – $169.60 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $249.90 | $179.24 – $295.04 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $83.50 | $59.64 – $684.00 |