Anal/urinary muscle study 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

$90.70

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.

$187.00

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.

$46.75 with DHR vs $6,374.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $46.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $46.75 ↓ -48%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $83.31 ↓ -8%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $83.31 ↓ -8%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $83.31 ↓ -8%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $83.31 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $113.30 ↑ +25%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $113.30 ↑ +25%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $115.94 ↑ +28%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $118.19 ↑ +30%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $118.19 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $124.97 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $124.97 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $129.03 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $130.18 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $130.90 ↑ +44%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $131.32 ↑ +45%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $131.32 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $140.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $143.99 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $147.73 ↑ +63%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $183.85 ↑ +103%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $183.85 ↑ +103%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $187.00 ↑ +106%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $187.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $187.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $187.00 ↑ +106%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $187.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $187.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $187.00 ↑ +106%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $187.00 ↑ +106%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $187.00 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $187.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $187.00 ↑ +106%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $187.00 ↑ +106%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $196.35 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $198.80 ↑ +119%
United Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↑ +119%
HPN Medicare|Senior $205.70 ↑ +127%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $208.32 ↑ +130%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $233.75 ↑ +158%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $233.75 ↑ +158%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $293.25 ↑ +223%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $656.60 ↑ +624%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $656.60 ↑ +624%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $855.00 ↑ +843%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,293.00 ↑ +3531%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↑ +3667%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,466.00 ↑ +4824%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +5609%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +6928%

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Anal/urinary muscle study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $433.44 $140.67 – $1,293.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $353.28 $140.67 – $1,535.00
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $469.35 $165.49 – $1,487.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $102.47 – $365.02
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $173.40 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $83.31 – $198.80
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $83.31 – $83.31
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $83.31 – $198.80

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