Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

$3,201.00

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.

$6,600.00

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.

$264.88 with HCLA 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $264.88 ↓ -92%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $264.88 ↓ -92%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $264.88 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $264.88 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $360.24 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $360.24 ↓ -89%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $375.79 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $375.79 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $397.32 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $397.32 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $413.88 ↓ -87%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $417.54 ↓ -87%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $417.54 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $584.56 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $584.56 ↓ -82%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $932.38 ↓ -71%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $1,590.20 ↓ -50%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $1,590.20 ↓ -50%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,650.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,650.00 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,087.70 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,087.70 ↓ -35%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $3,960.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4,092.00 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,234.00 ↑ +32%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $4,422.00 ↑ +38%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +40%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +40%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +40%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +40%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4,484.02 ↑ +40%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $4,484.02 ↑ +40%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +40%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +40%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +40%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +40%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +40%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +40%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,554.00 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,620.00 ↑ +44%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $4,708.22 ↑ +47%
HPN Medicare|Senior $4,932.42 ↑ +54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $4,950.00 ↑ +55%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4,995.20 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,082.00 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,214.00 ↑ +63%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $5,605.02 ↑ +75%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $5,605.03 ↑ +75%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $11,062.00 ↑ +246%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +386%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +637%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +807%

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,333.23 $325.80 – $8,890.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,916.59 $264.88 – $4,478.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,755.38 $264.88 – $4,478.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,687.00 $264.88 – $7,950.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,039.50 $264.88 – $6,542.78
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $5,673.03 $264.88 – $6,617.52
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,152.45 $264.88 – $7,982.37
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,424.80 $1,747.00 – $10,824.34

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