Oxaliplatin 5 mg/ml desensitization at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$983.92
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.
$2,510.00
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.
$0.05 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,229.90 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $0.05 | ↓ -100% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $0.05 | ↓ -100% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $0.05 | ↓ -100% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $0.05 | ↓ -100% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $0.05 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $0.12 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.13 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $0.13 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Gatekeeper | $0.32 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $0.44 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $0.44 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper | $0.50 | ↓ -100% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $4.57 | ↓ -100% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $4.57 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $73.15 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $73.15 | ↓ -93% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $338.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $627.50 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $702.80 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $778.10 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $878.50 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $878.50 | ↓ -11% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,066.75 | ↑ +8% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,066.75 | ↑ +8% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,229.90 | ↑ +25% |
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Oxaliplatin 5 mg/ml desensitization at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,240.81 | $0.07 – $19.04 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $545.67 | $0.10 – $11.95 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $545.67 | $0.11 – $14.26 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,894.14 | $0.08 – $51.66 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $179.33 | $0.10 – $11.87 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $214.78 | $0.09 – $14.61 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $903.60 | $0.05 – $853.40 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $1,492.10 | $0.05 – $969.00 |