Interferon beta-1a 30 mcg/0.5 ml im injection (wrapper) at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$5,611.88
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.
$14,316.00
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.
$62.18 with MHS Hospice vs $14,029.68 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 Hospice | Commercial|All Plans | $62.18 | ↓ -99% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $73.02 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $73.02 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $73.02 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $73.02 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $73.02 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $73.02 | ↓ -99% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $73.02 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $73.02 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $73.02 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $86.38 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $86.38 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $90.49 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $91.77 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $91.77 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $333.76 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $333.76 | ↓ -94% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $3,865.32 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,158.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,016.96 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,875.92 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,021.20 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $10,021.20 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $12,168.60 | ↑ +117% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12,168.60 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $14,029.68 | ↑ +150% |
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Interferon beta-1a 30 mcg/0.5 ml im injection (wrapper) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $5,617.62 | $57.84 – $637.32 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $3,600.00 | $54.11 – $3,535.15 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $5,977.59 | $62.33 – $576.85 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $4,755.89 | $54.42 – $556.00 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $8,486.43 | $41.21 – $3,483.36 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $5,977.59 | $58.16 – $4,248.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $6,283.01 | $54.42 – $576.85 |
| St. Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | $4,777.71 | $73.02 – $5,635.00 |