Blood split unit at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$478.21
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.
$986.00
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.
$34.80 with Healthcare Partners vs $6,798.00 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.
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 |
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| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $34.80 | ↓ -93% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $40.02 | ↓ -92% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $43.50 | ↓ -91% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $43.50 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $102.66 | ↓ -79% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $107.88 | ↓ -77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $120.06 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $121.80 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $130.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $133.98 | ↓ -72% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $134.28 | ↓ -72% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $134.28 | ↓ -72% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $137.46 | ↓ -71% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $149.20 | ↓ -69% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $149.20 | ↓ -69% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $149.20 | ↓ -69% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $149.20 | ↓ -69% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $149.20 | ↓ -69% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $149.20 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $156.60 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $174.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $180.17 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $180.17 | ↓ -62% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $182.70 | ↓ -62% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $191.40 | ↓ -60% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $193.84 | ↓ -59% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $217.50 | ↓ -55% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $217.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $223.80 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $223.80 | ↓ -53% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $525.18 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $746.00 | ↑ +56% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $746.00 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,113.00 | ↑ +342% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,798.00 | ↑ +1322% |
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Blood split unit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $98.99 | $61.02 – $349.02 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $115.77 | not published |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,336.72 | $149.20 – $2,882.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,322.31 | $149.20 – $2,846.37 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $219.30 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $56.10 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $56.10 | not published |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $782.34 | $149.20 – $2,182.02 |