Bartonella dna pcr-sendout 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

$48.50

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.

$100.00

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.

$24.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $223.70 with Care 1st — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $24.00 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $25.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $25.00 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -28%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $35.09 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $35.09 ↓ -28%
HPN Medicare|Senior $35.09 ↓ -28%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $35.09 ↓ -28%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -28%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -28%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -28%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -28%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $35.09 ↓ -28%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -28%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -28%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -28%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $36.84 ↓ -24%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $39.10 ↓ -19%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $40.27 ↓ -17%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $40.27 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|HMO $42.11 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|PPO $42.11 ↓ -13%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $43.86 ↓ -10%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $43.86 ↓ -10%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $44.74 ↓ -8%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $44.74 ↓ -8%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $44.74 ↓ -8%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $44.74 ↓ -8%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $44.74 ↓ -8%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $44.74 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $55.88 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $60.00 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $60.67 ↑ +25%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $60.67 ↑ +25%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $62.00 ↑ +28%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $62.64 ↑ +29%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $62.64 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $67.11 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $67.11 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $69.00 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $69.62 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $69.62 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $70.00 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $75.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $77.00 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $79.00 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $91.00 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $100.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $109.79 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $223.70 ↑ +361%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $223.70 ↑ +361%

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Bartonella dna pcr-sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $35.09 – $98.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $39.20 $27.00 – $106.29
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $37.10 $35.09 – $100.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $36.70 $35.09 – $100.84
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $57.10 $10.00 – $80.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $29.40 $21.00 – $100.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $77.80 $31.19 – $98.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $51.50 $29.00 – $94.00

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