Apheresis platelets 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

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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.

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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.

$226.39 with HCLA vs $5,603.00 with Health Net — 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
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $226.39
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $226.39
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $340.15
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $340.15
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $343.91
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $343.91
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $343.91
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $343.91
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $374.63
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $377.95
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $377.95
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $467.72
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $467.72
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $515.87
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $515.87
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $529.13
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $529.13
Molina Medicare|All Plans $555.48
United Medicare|All Plans $555.48
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $555.48
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $555.48
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $555.48
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $555.48
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $555.48
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $555.48
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $555.48
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $555.48
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $555.48
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $555.48
Health Net Medicare|Senior $555.48
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $555.48
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $583.25
HPN Medicare|Senior $611.03
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $618.81
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $694.35
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $694.35
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $805.00
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,210.56
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,219.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,501.00
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,889.75
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,889.75
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,768.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,131.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,603.00
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise not published by hospital
HPN Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Apheresis platelets at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $860.88 $626.41 – $6,200.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $934.08 $482.31 – $5,171.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,040.97 $321.12 – $1,311.24
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $1,396.12 $343.91 – $5,004.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,244.90 $567.42 – $4,776.00
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $2,427.52 $122.27 – $5,468.58
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $11,498.90 $567.42 – $4,751.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $7,658.88 $482.31 – $4,188.00

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