Injection, peramivir at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$1,489.60
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.
$3,800.00
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.
$1.90 with Blue Shield CA vs $3,724.00 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1.90 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $1.90 | ↓ -100% |
| MHS Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $1.90 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2.13 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2.13 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2.13 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2.13 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2.13 | ↓ -100% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2.13 | ↓ -100% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2.13 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2.13 | ↓ -100% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $2.13 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2.77 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.77 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2.77 | ↓ -100% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.04 | ↓ -100% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.04 | ↓ -100% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.04 | ↓ -100% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.04 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.04 | ↓ -100% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.04 | ↓ -100% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.04 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13.72 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $13.72 | ↓ -99% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $1,026.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,900.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2,128.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,356.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,660.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,660.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,230.00 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,230.00 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,724.00 | ↑ +150% |
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Injection, peramivir at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,626.40 | $2.13 – $3,724.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,368.00 | $2.31 – $2,584.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $1,611.21 | $1.18 – $3,747.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $1,312.20 | $1.73 – $3,356.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1.64 – $3.61 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $1.68 – $3.61 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $1.68 – $3.61 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $1.62 – $5.28 |