_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout 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

$77.36

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.

$159.50

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.

$25.03 with Blue Shield CA vs $512.70 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 $25.03 ↓ -68%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $26.07 ↓ -66%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $26.07 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $62.56 ↓ -19%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $64.65 ↓ -16%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $71.94 ↓ -7%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $72.99 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $78.20 ↑ +1%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $80.29 ↑ +4%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $82.37 ↑ +6%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $92.29 ↑ +19%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $92.29 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $94.88 ↑ +23%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $102.54 ↑ +33%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $102.54 ↑ +33%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $102.54 ↑ +33%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $102.54 ↑ +33%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $102.54 ↑ +33%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $102.54 ↑ +33%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +35%
HPN Medicare|Senior $104.26 ↑ +35%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $104.26 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $104.26 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $104.26 ↑ +35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $104.26 ↑ +35%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +35%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $104.26 ↑ +35%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $104.26 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|PPO $104.26 ↑ +35%
United Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|HMO $104.26 ↑ +35%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $104.26 ↑ +35%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $104.26 ↑ +35%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $104.26 ↑ +35%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $104.26 ↑ +35%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $104.26 ↑ +35%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +35%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +35%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $104.26 ↑ +35%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $104.26 ↑ +35%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $109.48 ↑ +42%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $116.15 ↑ +50%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $130.33 ↑ +68%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $130.33 ↑ +68%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $153.81 ↑ +99%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $153.81 ↑ +99%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $228.84 ↑ +196%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $228.84 ↑ +196%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $360.94 ↑ +367%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $512.70 ↑ +563%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $512.70 ↑ +563%

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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $69.87 $28.16 – $306.07
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $77.00 $14.76 – $169.19
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $199.09 $52.13 – $297.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $182.34 $28.16 – $349.41
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $59.18 $52.13 – $331.49
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $58.54 $52.13 – $331.49
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $91.08 $10.43 – $83.41
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $46.90 $21.90 – $104.26

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