Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$103.79

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.

$214.00

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.

$3.50 with Noble IPA vs $159.58 with MultiPlan — 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 $3.50 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $3.50 ↓ -97%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -96%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -96%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $3.80 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $3.80 ↓ -96%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3.80 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $3.80 ↓ -96%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -96%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -96%
HPN Medicare|Senior $3.80 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -96%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.89 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $3.89 ↓ -96%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $3.89 ↓ -96%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $3.89 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $3.89 ↓ -96%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.89 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $3.99 ↓ -96%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4.24 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $4.56 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|PPO $4.56 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -95%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $4.75 ↓ -95%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $5.27 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $5.27 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $5.45 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $5.45 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $5.83 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $5.83 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7.54 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.54 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $9.54 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.96 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.96 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16.96 ↓ -84%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $19.45 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $19.45 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $27.44 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $41.54 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $48.48 ↓ -53%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $50.50 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $50.50 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $51.15 ↓ -51%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $125.24 ↑ +21%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $139.38 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $141.40 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $151.50 ↑ +46%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $155.54 ↑ +50%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $159.58 ↑ +54%

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Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $67.02 $3.80 – $11.86
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $32.18 $0.76 – $52.38
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $141.57 $3.80 – $10.78
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $36.63 $3.80 – $53.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $129.66 $2.97 – $11.51
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $72.72 $3.80 – $18.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $71.94 $3.80 – $18.17
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $114.20 $3.80 – $124.00

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