Acne surgery 10040 at South San Francisco Medical Center
1200 EL CAMINO REAL, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA · Kaiserpermanente · · NPI 1982774337
$341.60
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$610.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$240.00 with [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] vs $752.00 with [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] | [medicaid] | $240.00 | ↓ -30% |
| [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] | [medicare] | $252.00 | ↓ -26% |
| [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] | [commercial] | $752.00 | ↑ +120% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Acne surgery 10040 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $332.42 | $67.80 – $640.80 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $341.60 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $341.60 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $341.60 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $341.60 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $341.60 | not published |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $365.67 | $270.38 – $1,687.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $406.98 | $284.87 – $6,200.00 |