_afb id by dna probe rflx ast 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

$30.56

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.

$63.00

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.

$12.48 with Blue Shield CA vs $81.20 with Blue Shield CA — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $12.48 ↓ -59%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $13.00 ↓ -57%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $13.00 ↓ -57%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $14.62 ↓ -52%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $14.62 ↓ -52%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -47%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $16.24 ↓ -47%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -47%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $16.24 ↓ -47%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $16.24 ↓ -47%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -34%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -34%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $20.05 ↓ -34%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -34%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -34%
HPN Medicare|Senior $20.05 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $20.05 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $20.05 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $20.05 ↓ -34%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -34%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -34%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -34%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -34%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $20.30 ↓ -34%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $21.05 ↓ -31%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $22.02 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $22.02 ↓ -28%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $22.34 ↓ -27%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $22.74 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $22.74 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|HMO $24.06 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|PPO $24.06 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $24.36 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $24.36 ↓ -20%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $25.06 ↓ -18%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $25.06 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $31.20 ↑ +2%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $32.24 ↑ +5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $35.88 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $36.40 ↑ +19%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $39.00 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $39.77 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $39.77 ↑ +30%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $40.04 ↑ +31%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41.08 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $47.32 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $52.00 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $52.00 ↑ +70%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $52.00 ↑ +70%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $52.00 ↑ +70%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $57.16 ↑ +87%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $81.20 ↑ +166%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $81.20 ↑ +166%

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_afb id by dna probe rflx ast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $49.05 $14.04 – $53.19
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $160.14 $19.65 – $163.55
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $78.76 $16.04 – $79.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $33.39 $16.24 – $49.13
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.13 $16.04 – $94.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $19.30 $16.24 – $57.61
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $19.09 $16.24 – $57.61
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $211.14 $20.05 – $206.69

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