Inj cefazolin sodium, baxter at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$27.44
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.
$70.00
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.
$15.39 with MHS HSPCC vs $55.86 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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| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $15.39 | ↓ -44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $28.50 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $31.92 | ↑ +16% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $35.34 | ↑ +29% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $39.90 | ↑ +45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $39.90 | ↑ +45% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $48.45 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $48.45 | ↑ +77% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $52.44 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $54.72 | ↑ +99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $55.29 | ↑ +101% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $55.86 | ↑ +104% |
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Inj cefazolin sodium, baxter at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $29.96 | $25.65 – $55.86 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $19.66 | $11.88 – $46.98 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $26.19 | $13.50 – $42.66 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $24.25 | $11.34 – $54.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $39.78 | $19.52 – $97.60 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $32.31 | $19.40 – $82.45 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $13.08 | $15.00 – $60.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $2.49 – $3.28 |