Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at California Hospital Medical Center

1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,298.83

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.

$2,678.00

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.

$107.41 with Noble IPA vs $2,115.62 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.

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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
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $107.41 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $107.41 ↓ -92%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $119.34 ↓ -91%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $119.34 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $119.34 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $119.34 ↓ -91%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $119.34 ↓ -91%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $119.34 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $135.12 ↓ -90%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -90%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -90%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -90%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $135.12 ↓ -90%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -90%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -90%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $141.88 ↓ -89%
HPN Medicare|Senior $148.63 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $149.18 ↓ -89%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $150.53 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $161.83 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $161.83 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $167.08 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $167.08 ↓ -87%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $168.90 ↓ -87%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $168.90 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $179.01 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $179.01 ↓ -86%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $181.00 ↓ -86%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $205.00 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|PPO $245.18 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $394.07 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $394.07 ↓ -70%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $420.08 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $450.97 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $577.31 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $577.31 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $577.31 ↓ -56%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $596.70 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $596.70 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $669.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $669.50 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $682.76 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $840.64 ↓ -35%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,660.36 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,847.82 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,874.60 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $2,008.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,062.06 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,115.62 ↑ +63%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $722.27 $135.12 – $1,286.22
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $832.10 $21.27 – $1,028.20
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,803.98 $140.89 – $461.53
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,146.62 $119.34 – $2,190.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,016.65 $119.34 – $764.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $913.36 $119.34 – $601.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $875.94 $119.34 – $1,888.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $866.49 $119.34 – $1,865.19

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