Doxorubicin 2 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC.

1010 Murray Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1639101116

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 10, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$20.88

Cash price

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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.

$232.00

Gross charge

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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.

$23.38 with AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $217.10 with CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS $23.38 ↑ +12%
HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS HPN-HERITAGE PROV NTWRK-ALL PLANS $56.78 ↑ +172%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $57.45 ↑ +175%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $57.45 ↑ +175%
UHC PPO UHC PPO $57.45 ↑ +175%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $65.46 ↑ +214%
BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS $81.50 ↑ +290%
BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO-ALL OTHER PLANS $89.85 ↑ +330%
NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXCLUS NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN NON-EXCLUS $96.44 ↑ +362%
NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXCLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS NBD-NTWRKS BY DESIGN EXCLUS-ALL OTHER PLANS $96.44 ↑ +362%
CENCAL MCAL CENCAL MCAL $167.00 ↑ +700%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $167.00 ↑ +700%
BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL BLUE SHIELD PROMISE MCAL $200.73 ↑ +861%
COALINGA-ALL PLANS COALINGA-ALL PLANS $217.10 ↑ +940%
CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS CCAH-CENTRL CA ALLINCE MCAL-ALL PLANS $217.10 ↑ +940%

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Doxorubicin 2 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,147.00 $3.15 – $108.78
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $484.77 $2.72 – $2.72
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $384.57 $4.76 – $66.30
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $484.77 $2.72 – $2.72
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $484.77 $2.72 – $2.72
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $484.77 $2.72 – $2.72
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $450.14 $2.72 – $2.72
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $450.14 $2.72 – $2.72

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