Ammonia 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

$191.58

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.

$395.00

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.

$14.57 with EasyChoice vs $293.09 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
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -92%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -92%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $14.57 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $14.57 ↓ -92%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $14.57 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $14.57 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -92%
HPN Medicare|Senior $14.57 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -92%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $16.72 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $16.72 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|PPO $17.48 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $17.48 ↓ -91%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $18.21 ↓ -90%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $18.21 ↓ -90%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $18.58 ↓ -90%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $18.58 ↓ -90%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $18.58 ↓ -90%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $18.58 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $18.58 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $18.58 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $19.00 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $25.19 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $25.19 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $26.01 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $26.01 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $27.87 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $27.87 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.90 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $28.90 ↓ -85%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $45.58 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $71.92 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $71.92 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $71.92 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $89.04 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $92.75 ↓ -52%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $92.75 ↓ -52%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $92.90 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $92.90 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $116.26 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $176.01 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $216.72 ↑ +13%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $230.02 ↑ +20%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $255.99 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $259.70 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $278.25 ↑ +45%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $285.67 ↑ +49%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $293.09 ↑ +53%

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Ammonia at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $222.95 $14.57 – $45.46
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $40.69 $2.91 – $42.68
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $507.45 $14.28 – $118.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $196.03 $14.57 – $45.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $226.44 $14.57 – $246.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $179.54 $12.42 – $45.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $249.32 $4.17 – $41.87
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $246.26 $4.17 – $41.87

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