Vancomycin hcl injection at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$336.34
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.
$858.00
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.
$3.07 with United vs $53.90 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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.07 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3.07 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $3.60 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4.59 | ↓ -99% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.00 | ↓ -98% |
| CenCal | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.00 | ↓ -98% |
| MHS HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $14.85 | ↓ -96% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $27.50 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $30.80 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $34.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $38.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $38.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $46.75 | ↓ -86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $46.75 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $52.80 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $53.35 | ↓ -84% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $53.90 | ↓ -84% |
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Vancomycin hcl injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $65.70 | $3.07 – $23.60 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $176.23 | $24.09 – $91.24 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $427.77 | $1.91 – $20.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $52.85 | $2.46 – $20.54 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $276.66 | $2.00 – $53.30 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $124.48 | $8.91 – $59.78 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $72.62 | $3.07 – $24.44 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $92.63 | $2.23 – $33.00 |