Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$448.14
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.
$924.00
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.
$60.00 with Noble IPA 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.
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 |
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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $60.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $60.00 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $60.42 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $60.42 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $60.67 | ↓ -86% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $60.67 | ↓ -86% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $60.67 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $60.67 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $66.09 | ↓ -85% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $66.67 | ↓ -85% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $66.67 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.51 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.51 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $91.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $91.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $93.34 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $93.34 | ↓ -79% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $213.56 | ↓ -52% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $231.00 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $231.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $333.35 | ↓ -26% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $333.35 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -16% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $375.07 | ↓ -16% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -16% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -16% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -16% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -16% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -16% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $375.07 | ↓ -16% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -16% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $393.82 | ↓ -12% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $412.58 | ↓ -8% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $417.83 | ↓ -7% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $468.84 | ↑ +5% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $468.84 | ↑ +5% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $554.40 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $572.88 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $619.08 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $637.56 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $646.80 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $693.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $711.48 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $729.96 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $855.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,293.00 | ↑ +635% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,466.00 | ↑ +897% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $15,561.00 | ↑ +3372% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,577.00 | ↑ +5161% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $29,023.00 | ↑ +6376% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $610.88 | $74.62 – $761.28 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,340.16 | $87.24 – $1,241.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,254.71 | $413.65 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,555.78 | $60.67 – $3,229.10 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $536.13 | $41.91 – $158.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,291.64 | $60.67 – $876.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $323.15 | $60.67 – $696.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $319.66 | $60.67 – $688.09 |