Artery x-rays lungs 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

$5,623.58

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.

$11,595.00

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.

$173.68 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 $173.68 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $173.68 ↓ -97%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $192.98 ↓ -97%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $192.98 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $192.98 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $192.98 ↓ -97%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $192.98 ↓ -97%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $192.98 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $261.68 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $261.68 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $270.17 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $270.17 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $289.47 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $289.47 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $483.08 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $679.29 ↓ -88%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $964.90 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $964.90 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $975.63 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $975.63 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $975.63 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,622.00 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,875.53 ↓ -49%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2,898.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2,898.75 ↓ -48%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -29%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -29%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $3,999.21 ↓ -29%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -29%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -29%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -29%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -29%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -29%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3,999.21 ↓ -29%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -29%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $4,199.17 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,353.45 ↓ -23%
HPN Medicare|Senior $4,399.13 ↓ -22%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4,455.12 ↓ -21%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $4,999.01 ↓ -11%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4,999.01 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,360.15 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|PPO $6,438.74 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|HMO $6,438.74 ↑ +14%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $7,188.90 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,000.55 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8,116.50 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $8,696.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,928.15 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,160.05 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,361.48 ↑ +84%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10,361.48 ↑ +84%

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Artery x-rays lungs at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,559.19 $291.97 – $13,858.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,790.03 $192.98 – $13,457.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,471.14 $192.98 – $15,820.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,101.19 $192.98 – $15,009.21
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,067.76 $192.98 – $15,009.21
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,628.76 $1,314.85 – $4,434.05
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $11,443.38 $4,061.05 – $4,434.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,767.53 $192.98 – $4,028.00

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