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

$6,956.36

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.

$14,343.00

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.

$394.76 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 $394.76 ↓ -94%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $394.76 ↓ -94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $394.76 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $394.76 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $536.87 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $536.87 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $560.04 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $560.04 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $592.14 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $592.14 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $616.81 ↓ -91%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $622.27 ↓ -91%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $622.27 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $871.18 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $871.18 ↓ -87%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,389.56 ↓ -80%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $3,111.35 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $3,111.35 ↓ -55%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $3,585.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $3,585.75 ↓ -48%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $3,754.97 ↓ -46%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $3,754.97 ↓ -46%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $8,605.80 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $8,892.66 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $9,609.81 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,896.67 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $10,040.10 ↑ +44%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $10,233.00 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $10,757.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $11,044.11 ↑ +59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11,123.00 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,330.97 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $13,228.50 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50 ↑ +90%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50 ↑ +90%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50 ↑ +90%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50 ↑ +90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50 ↑ +90%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $13,228.50 ↑ +90%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50 ↑ +90%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $13,228.50 ↑ +90%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $13,228.50 ↑ +90%
United Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50 ↑ +90%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50 ↑ +90%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50 ↑ +90%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $13,228.50 ↑ +90%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $13,878.00 ↑ +100%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $13,889.93 ↑ +100%
HPN Medicare|Senior $14,551.35 ↑ +109%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $14,736.55 ↑ +112%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +124%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $16,535.63 ↑ +138%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $16,535.63 ↑ +138%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +239%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +317%

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,776.92 $485.55 – $12,680.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,499.10 $394.76 – $5,839.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,288.89 $394.76 – $5,839.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7,389.95 $394.76 – $15,935.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,310.28 $394.76 – $15,736.01
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,438.90 $394.76 – $15,917.16
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,858.40 $8,912.00 – $20,774.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $9,987.91 $394.76 – $19,200.06

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