Block plantar digital nerve 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

$353.08

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.

$728.00

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.

$20.37 with Noble IPA vs $6,374.00 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $20.37 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $20.37 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $22.63 ↓ -94%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $22.63 ↓ -94%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $22.63 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $22.63 ↓ -94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $22.63 ↓ -94%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $22.63 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $23.75 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $23.75 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $30.69 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $30.69 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $31.68 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $31.68 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $33.95 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $33.95 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $35.36 ↓ -90%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $79.66 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $113.15 ↓ -68%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $113.15 ↓ -68%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $182.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $182.00 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↑ +6%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↑ +6%
United Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↑ +6%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $375.07 ↑ +6%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $375.07 ↑ +6%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $375.07 ↑ +6%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↑ +6%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↑ +6%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↑ +6%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $375.07 ↑ +6%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $375.07 ↑ +6%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↑ +6%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $393.82 ↑ +12%
HPN Medicare|Senior $412.58 ↑ +17%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $417.83 ↑ +18%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $436.80 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $451.36 ↑ +28%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $468.84 ↑ +33%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $468.84 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $487.76 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $502.32 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $509.60 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $546.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $560.56 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $575.12 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,768.00 ↑ +684%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,293.00 ↑ +833%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↑ +868%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +1367%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,603.00 ↑ +1487%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +1705%

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Block plantar digital nerve at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $550.80 $413.65 – $1,921.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $204.47 $22.63 – $300.86
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $307.55 $22.63 – $662.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,294.38 $435.83 – $6,200.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $612.51 $413.57 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $970.53 $1,333.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $861.90 $427.11 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $851.04 $335.57 – $5,171.00

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