Assess cyst contrast inject at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$123.68
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.
$255.00
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.
$41.01 with HCLA 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 |
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| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $41.01 | ↓ -67% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $41.01 | ↓ -67% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $41.01 | ↓ -67% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $41.01 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $58.19 | ↓ -53% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $58.19 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.52 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.52 | ↓ -50% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.75 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.75 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $64.09 | ↓ -48% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $64.65 | ↓ -48% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $64.65 | ↓ -48% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $90.51 | ↓ -27% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $90.51 | ↓ -27% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $144.36 | ↑ +17% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $153.00 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $158.10 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $170.85 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $175.95 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $178.50 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $191.25 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $196.35 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $201.45 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $323.25 | ↑ +161% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $323.25 | ↑ +161% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,417.00 | ↑ +2663% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,178.00 | ↑ +4087% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,374.00 | ↑ +5054% |
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Assess cyst contrast inject at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $180.02 | $50.44 – $320.58 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $140.39 | $41.01 – $299.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $128.58 | $41.01 – $298.90 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $198.12 | $41.01 – $455.68 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $195.98 | $41.01 – $528.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $499.29 | $300.44 – $6,200.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $590.36 | $41.01 – $409.92 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $262.65 | $290.27 – $4,042.00 |