Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$1,062.64
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.
$2,191.00
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.
$84.09 with Noble IPA vs $6,374.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $84.09 | ↓ -92% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $84.09 | ↓ -92% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $85.02 | ↓ -92% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $85.02 | ↓ -92% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.02 | ↓ -92% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.02 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $92.61 | ↓ -91% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $93.43 | ↓ -91% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $93.43 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.63 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.63 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.53 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.53 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $130.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $130.80 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $299.27 | ↓ -72% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $367.86 | ↓ -65% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $367.86 | ↓ -65% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $467.15 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $467.15 | ↓ -56% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $547.75 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $547.75 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $785.56 | ↓ -26% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -26% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -26% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -26% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -26% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -26% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $785.56 | ↓ -26% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -26% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $824.84 | ↓ -22% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $864.12 | ↓ -19% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $875.12 | ↓ -18% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $981.95 | ↓ -8% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $981.95 | ↓ -8% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,314.60 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,358.42 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,467.97 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,511.79 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,533.70 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $1,643.25 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,687.07 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,730.89 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,768.00 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,417.00 | ↑ +222% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,131.00 | ↑ +289% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,178.00 | ↑ +387% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,603.00 | ↑ +427% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,374.00 | ↑ +500% |
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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $580.35 | $104.57 – $1,452.04 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $976.14 | $845.36 – $2,695.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,108.56 | $63.13 – $239.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $619.20 | $85.02 – $1,335.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $612.53 | $85.02 – $1,318.51 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,047.87 | $890.68 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,978.73 | $806.82 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,204.22 | $845.19 – $3,982.87 |