Azithromycin 500 mg intravenous solution 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

$32.01

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.

$66.00

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.

$2.00 with Noble IPA vs $59.00 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 $2.00 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $2.00 ↓ -94%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $2.22 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $2.22 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $2.22 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2.56 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $3.01 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $3.01 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $3.11 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $3.11 ↓ -90%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3.49 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|PPO $3.51 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $3.51 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.20 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4.64 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4.64 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.64 ↓ -86%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $7.06 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $7.81 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.81 ↓ -76%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $11.10 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $11.10 ↓ -65%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $14.75 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $14.75 ↓ -54%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $20.65 ↓ -35%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $20.65 ↓ -35%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $36.58 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $37.76 ↑ +18%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $40.71 ↑ +27%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $40.71 ↑ +27%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $40.71 ↑ +27%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $41.30 ↑ +29%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $44.25 ↑ +38%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $45.43 ↑ +42%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $46.61 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $56.64 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $59.00 ↑ +84%

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Azithromycin 500 mg intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $82.35 $3.36 – $28.86
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $4.44 – $29.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $128.40 $3.36 – $104.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $47.44 $2.22 – $104.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $52.69 $2.22 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $52.12 $2.81 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $4.44 – $31.65
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $4.77 – $37.75

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