Biopsy/soft tissue/neck or thorax 21550 at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$1,927.88
Cash price 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.
$3,975.00
Gross charge 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.
$85.44 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $8,818.00 with Health Net — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.44 | ↓ -96% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.44 | ↓ -96% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $85.44 | ↓ -96% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $85.44 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $116.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $116.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $121.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $121.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $128.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $128.16 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $133.51 | ↓ -93% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $134.69 | ↓ -93% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $134.69 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $188.57 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $188.57 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $300.75 | ↓ -84% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $665.53 | ↓ -65% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $665.53 | ↓ -65% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $673.45 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $673.45 | ↓ -65% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $993.75 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $993.75 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +7% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $2,058.68 | ↑ +7% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +7% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +7% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +7% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +7% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +7% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $2,058.68 | ↑ +7% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +7% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,161.61 | ↑ +12% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $2,264.55 | ↑ +17% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,293.37 | ↑ +19% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $2,385.00 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,464.50 | ↑ +28% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $2,573.35 | ↑ +33% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $2,573.35 | ↑ +33% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $2,663.25 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,742.75 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,768.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,782.50 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $2,981.25 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,060.75 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,140.25 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,417.00 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,178.00 | ↑ +169% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,374.00 | ↑ +231% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $6,502.00 | ↑ +237% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,818.00 | ↑ +357% |
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Biopsy/soft tissue/neck or thorax 21550 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,779.55 | $105.09 – $4,949.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,036.03 | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,606.76 | $85.44 – $7,941.92 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,170.83 | $85.44 – $411.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,054.08 | $85.44 – $4,673.62 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,038.65 | $85.44 – $4,396.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,016.67 | $85.44 – $4,341.05 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,375.69 | $2,345.04 – $9,858.00 |