Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 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

$406.92

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.

$839.00

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.

$40.42 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|All Other Plans < 21 $40.42 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $40.42 ↓ -90%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $61.70 ↓ -85%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $61.70 ↓ -85%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $62.38 ↓ -85%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $62.38 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $62.38 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $62.38 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $67.95 ↓ -83%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $68.55 ↓ -83%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $68.55 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $84.84 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $84.84 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $93.57 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $93.57 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $95.97 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $95.97 ↓ -76%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $209.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $209.75 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $219.58 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $342.75 ↓ -16%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $342.75 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -8%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -8%
United Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $375.07 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $375.07 ↓ -8%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $375.07 ↓ -8%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -8%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -8%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -8%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -8%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $375.07 ↓ -8%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -8%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $393.82 ↓ -3%
HPN Medicare|Senior $412.58 ↑ +1%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $417.83 ↑ +3%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $468.84 ↑ +15%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $468.84 ↑ +15%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $503.40 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $520.18 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $562.13 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $578.91 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $587.30 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $629.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $646.03 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $662.81 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $855.00 ↑ +110%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,293.00 ↑ +709%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,466.00 ↑ +998%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +3724%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +5694%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +7032%

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Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $491.88 $76.73 – $875.94
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $550.80 $413.65 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $480.22 $62.38 – $1,099.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $68.60 $21.99 – $83.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $356.33 $62.38 – $890.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $142.84 $62.38 – $375.07
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $335.81 $62.38 – $375.07
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $612.51 $435.83 – $6,200.00

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