Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$1,202.32
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.
$2,479.00
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.
$226.19 with Preferred IPA vs $1,958.41 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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| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -81% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -81% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $226.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -81% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $226.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $237.50 | ↓ -80% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $248.81 | ↓ -79% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $251.98 | ↓ -79% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $269.50 | ↓ -78% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $269.50 | ↓ -78% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $282.74 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $282.74 | ↓ -76% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $299.45 | ↓ -75% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $299.45 | ↓ -75% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $299.45 | ↓ -75% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $299.45 | ↓ -75% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $299.45 | ↓ -75% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $299.45 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.74 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $401.74 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $406.05 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $406.05 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $419.23 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $419.23 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $449.17 | ↓ -63% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $449.17 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $454.58 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $535.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $596.00 | ↓ -50% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $619.75 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $619.75 | ↓ -48% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $656.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $743.00 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $811.00 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $998.00 | ↓ -17% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,054.06 | ↓ -12% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,497.25 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,497.25 | ↑ +25% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,536.98 | ↑ +28% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,570.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,570.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,633.41 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,633.41 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,633.41 | ↑ +36% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,710.51 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,735.30 | ↑ +44% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,908.83 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,958.41 | ↑ +63% |
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Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,354.30 | $226.19 – $2,411.76 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,889.08 | $35.60 – $3,220.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,307.57 | $236.37 – $1,583.70 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,604.38 | $226.19 – $4,989.18 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $6,462.87 | $299.45 – $2,081.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,093.28 | $226.19 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,071.30 | $226.19 – $4,466.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,048.97 | $226.19 – $4,410.57 |