Artery x-rays lung 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

$1,912.36

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.

$3,943.00

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.

$158.49 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.

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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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $158.49 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $158.49 ↓ -92%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $176.10 ↓ -91%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $176.10 ↓ -91%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $176.10 ↓ -91%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $176.10 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $176.10 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $176.10 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $238.79 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $238.79 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $246.54 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $246.54 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $264.15 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $264.15 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $462.81 ↓ -76%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $619.87 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $880.50 ↓ -54%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $880.50 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $985.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $985.75 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,006.30 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,006.30 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,006.30 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,365.80 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2,444.66 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,622.00 ↑ +37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,720.67 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,760.10 ↑ +44%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $2,957.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,036.11 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,114.97 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,588.13 ↑ +88%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $3,943.00 ↑ +106%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +109%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +109%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $4,140.15 ↑ +116%
HPN Medicare|Senior $4,337.30 ↑ +127%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4,392.51 ↑ +130%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $4,928.75 ↑ +158%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4,928.75 ↑ +158%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,361.48 ↑ +442%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10,361.48 ↑ +442%

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Artery x-rays lung at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,672.73 $266.42 – $13,858.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,143.71 $176.10 – $13,457.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,711.06 $176.10 – $15,820.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,223.93 $176.10 – $15,009.21
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,210.74 $176.10 – $15,009.21
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,944.23 $176.10 – $6,313.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $4,627.23 $1,173.40 – $4,393.52
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,535.68 $956.57 – $7,512.94

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