5% dextrose with potassium at SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC.
1010 Murray Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1639101116
$61.38
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.
$682.00
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.
$231.88 with HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS vs $886.60 with COALINGA-ALL PLANS — 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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| HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS | HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS | $231.88 | ↑ +278% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $234.61 | ↑ +282% |
| UHC PPO | UHC PPO | $234.61 | ↑ +282% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $234.61 | ↑ +282% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $267.34 | ↑ +336% |
| BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS | BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS | $332.82 | ↑ +442% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO-ALL OTHER PLANS | $366.92 | ↑ +498% |
| NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXCLUS | NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXCLUS | $393.86 | ↑ +542% |
| NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXCLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS | NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXCLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS | $393.86 | ↑ +542% |
| AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | $422.84 | ↑ +589% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $682.00 | ↑ +1011% |
| CENCAL MCAL | CENCAL MCAL | $777.48 | ↑ +1167% |
| BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL | BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL | $819.76 | ↑ +1236% |
| CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS | CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS | $886.60 | ↑ +1344% |
| COALINGA-ALL PLANS | COALINGA-ALL PLANS | $886.60 | ↑ +1344% |
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5% dextrose with potassium at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Templeton | $6.23 | $89.00 – $115.70 |
| WHITE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER | MONTEBELLO | $45.90 | $12.89 – $892.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $7.66 – $7.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $8.30 – $8.30 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $9.90 – $9.90 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $9.46 – $19.54 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $9.92 – $9.92 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $8.24 – $8.24 |