Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic 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

$10,635.08

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.

$21,928.00

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.

$420.17 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.

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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 $420.17 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $420.17 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $466.86 ↓ -96%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $466.86 ↓ -96%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $466.86 ↓ -96%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $466.86 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $466.86 ↓ -96%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $466.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $583.58 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $633.06 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $633.06 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $653.60 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $653.60 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $700.29 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $700.29 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,643.35 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,334.30 ↓ -78%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,334.30 ↓ -78%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $3,236.90 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $3,236.90 ↓ -70%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $5,482.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $5,482.00 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,952.00 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9,076.82 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9,076.82 ↓ -15%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $9,076.82 ↓ -15%
United Medicare|All Plans $9,076.82 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $9,076.82 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $9,076.82 ↓ -15%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9,076.82 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $9,076.82 ↓ -15%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9,076.82 ↓ -15%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $9,076.82 ↓ -15%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $9,076.82 ↓ -15%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $9,076.82 ↓ -15%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $9,076.82 ↓ -15%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $9,076.82 ↓ -15%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $9,530.66 ↓ -10%
HPN Medicare|Senior $9,984.50 ↓ -6%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $10,111.58 ↓ -5%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $11,346.02 ↑ +7%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $11,346.02 ↑ +7%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $12,839.00 ↑ +21%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $13,156.80 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $13,595.36 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $14,691.76 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $15,130.32 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $15,349.60 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $16,446.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $16,884.56 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $17,323.12 ↑ +63%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $17,411.00 ↑ +64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +173%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,916.46 $706.32 – $16,602.72
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $11,124.15 $466.86 – $20,054.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $10,188.48 $466.86 – $20,067.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $9,518.01 $466.86 – $20,524.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9,415.39 $466.86 – $20,267.45
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,020.51 $5,021.00 – $9,776.62
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,833.45 $466.86 – $18,938.64
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $16,614.78 $4,042.00 – $15,575.00

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