Warde 1015200 kappa light chain free at French Hospital
1911 Johnson Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1881760452
$4.90
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.
$12.50
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.
$2.30 with MHS HSPCC vs $8.33 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 HSPCC | Commercial|All Plans | $2.30 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4.08 | ↓ -17% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4.25 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4.76 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5.27 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|FFS | $5.78 | ↑ +18% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7.23 | ↑ +48% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7.23 | ↑ +48% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $7.82 | ↑ +60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8.33 | ↑ +70% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Warde 1015200 kappa light chain free at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5.48 | $3.38 – $9.75 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $11.89 | $3.45 – $28.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $61.20 | $16.92 – $37.98 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5.35 | $4.25 – $8.33 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $8.33 | $3.24 – $12.25 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4.64 | $4.25 – $6.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $4.59 | $4.25 – $8.42 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $61.20 | $17.27 – $47.99 |