Apply halo w/removal cranial 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.

$226.85 with HCLA vs $29,023.00 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $226.85
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $226.85
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $226.85
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $226.85
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $308.52
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $308.52
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $321.84
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $321.84
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $340.27
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $340.27
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $354.46
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $357.60
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $357.60
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $500.64
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $500.64
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $798.51
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,788.00
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,788.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,768.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans 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

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Apply halo w/removal cranial at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,011.33 $1,687.00 – $2,211.17
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,038.36 $2,283.13 – $7,745.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,179.63 $2,068.15 – $9,008.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $958.80 $2,166.52 – $5,330.31
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,286.33 $5,981.00 – $36,398.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,567.34 $1,716.00 – $5,318.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,831.68 $1,200.00 – $5,171.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,933.40 $1,142.00 – $4,776.00

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