Artery x-rays chest at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$1,895.38
Cash price 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.
$3,908.00
Gross charge 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.
$187.69 with Noble IPA vs $10,361.48 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $187.69 | ↓ -90% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $187.69 | ↓ -90% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $208.55 | ↓ -89% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $208.55 | ↓ -89% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $208.55 | ↓ -89% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $208.55 | ↓ -89% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $208.55 | ↓ -89% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $208.55 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $282.79 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $282.79 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $291.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $291.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $312.83 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $312.83 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $703.21 | ↓ -63% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $734.10 | ↓ -61% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $977.00 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $977.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,042.75 | ↓ -45% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,042.75 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,069.62 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,069.62 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,069.62 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,344.80 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,422.96 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $2,622.00 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,696.52 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,735.60 | ↑ +44% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $2,917.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $2,931.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,009.16 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,087.32 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,556.28 | ↑ +88% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $3,908.00 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +111% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +111% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,103.40 | ↑ +116% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $4,298.80 | ↑ +127% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,353.52 | ↑ +130% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $4,885.00 | ↑ +158% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $4,885.00 | ↑ +158% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,361.48 | ↑ +447% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $10,361.48 | ↑ +447% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Artery x-rays chest at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,695.50 | $315.52 – $13,858.31 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,143.71 | $208.55 – $13,457.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,711.06 | $208.55 – $15,820.61 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,022.54 | $208.55 – $15,009.21 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,989.95 | $208.55 – $15,009.21 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,881.02 | $208.55 – $6,337.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,535.68 | $1,016.79 – $7,512.94 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $4,057.17 | $208.55 – $7,405.32 |