#acylcarnitineprfl 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

$36.38

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.

$75.00

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.

$16.87 with Central Health Plan vs $107.50 with Care 1st — 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
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -54%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -54%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -54%
HPN Medicare|Senior $16.87 ↓ -54%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $16.87 ↓ -54%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $16.87 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -54%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $16.87 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -54%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $16.87 ↓ -54%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $17.71 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18.00 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $18.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $18.75 ↓ -48%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $18.80 ↓ -48%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $19.35 ↓ -47%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $19.35 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|HMO $20.24 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|PPO $20.24 ↓ -44%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $21.09 ↓ -42%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $21.09 ↓ -42%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $21.50 ↓ -41%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $21.50 ↓ -41%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $21.50 ↓ -41%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $21.50 ↓ -41%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $21.50 ↓ -41%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $21.50 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $28.35 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $29.15 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $29.15 ↓ -20%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $30.10 ↓ -17%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $30.10 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $32.25 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $32.25 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.48 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $33.48 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $45.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $46.50 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $51.75 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $52.50 ↑ +44%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $52.76 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $56.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $57.75 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $59.25 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $68.25 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $75.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $75.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $75.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $75.00 ↑ +106%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $107.50 ↑ +195%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $107.50 ↑ +195%

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#acylcarnitineprfl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $32.85 $4.28 – $44.78
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $40.69 $3.37 – $63.05
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $87.72 $16.53 – $137.06
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $77.97 $16.87 – $54.81
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $71.41 $15.10 – $54.81
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $34.88 $16.87 – $51.82
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $34.50 $16.87 – $48.50
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $87.72 $16.87 – $173.21

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