Inj. cefepime hcl (baxter) at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$167.00
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.
$426.00
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.
$71.82 with MHS HSPCC vs $260.68 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 | $71.82 | ↓ -57% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $133.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $148.96 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $164.92 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $186.20 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $186.20 | ↑ +11% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $226.10 | ↑ +35% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $226.10 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $244.72 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $255.36 | ↑ +53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $258.02 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $260.68 | ↑ +56% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Inj. cefepime hcl (baxter) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $113.85 | $119.70 – $260.68 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $219.71 | $11.61 – $17.25 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $55.05 | $49.49 – $98.98 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $77.54 | $46.86 – $185.31 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $112.66 | $52.40 – $262.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $147.02 | $78.96 – $376.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $89.65 | $44.00 – $220.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $11.61 – $16.04 |