Bld prd mix 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

$65.96

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.

$136.00

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.

$27.20 with Healthcare Partners vs $217.73 with United — 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
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $27.20 ↓ -59%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $31.28 ↓ -53%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $34.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $34.00 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $65.22 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $65.22 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $81.60 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $84.32 ↑ +28%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $93.04 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $93.04 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $93.04 ↑ +41%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $93.84 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $95.20 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $102.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $104.72 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $107.44 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $123.76 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $136.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $136.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $136.00 ↑ +106%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +106%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +106%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $136.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +106%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +106%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $136.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $136.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +106%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $142.80 ↑ +116%
HPN Medicare|Senior $149.60 ↑ +127%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $151.51 ↑ +130%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $170.00 ↑ +158%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $170.00 ↑ +158%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $217.73 ↑ +230%
United Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +230%

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Bld prd mix at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $290.19 $116.25 – $287.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $150.52 $58.47 – $221.48
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $107.97 $89.30 – $232.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $106.80 $85.90 – $229.89
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $278.97 $163.83 – $287.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $161.67 $210.52 – $287.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $193.57 $33.90 – $271.20
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $148.41 $211.01 – $211.01

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