Procainamide 100 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$268.92
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.
$686.00
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.
$81.31 with CenCal vs $535.08 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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| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $81.31 | ↓ -70% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $81.31 | ↓ -70% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $147.42 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $175.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $246.90 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $246.90 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $246.90 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $246.90 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $246.90 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $246.90 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $246.90 | ↓ -8% |
| Alignment | Medicare|All Plans | $246.90 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $246.90 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $270.89 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $270.89 | ↑ +1% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $273.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $284.34 | ↑ +6% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $284.34 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $284.34 | ↑ +6% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $284.34 | ↑ +6% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $284.34 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $302.00 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $302.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $305.76 | ↑ +14% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $338.52 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $382.20 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $382.20 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $440.10 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $440.10 | ↑ +64% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $464.10 | ↑ +73% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $464.10 | ↑ +73% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $535.08 | ↑ +99% |
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Procainamide 100 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $90.23 | $18.09 – $489.06 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $258.34 | $40.88 – $611.33 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $233.69 | $68.85 – $153.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $753.13 | $87.20 – $284.34 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $745.01 | $65.28 – $218.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,441.16 | $44.26 – $611.33 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,441.16 | $52.79 – $611.33 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,231.20 | $52.92 – $388.63 |