Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$1,649.97

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.

$3,402.00

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.

$104.45 with Noble IPA vs $2,917.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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 $104.45 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $104.45 ↓ -94%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $116.06 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $116.06 ↓ -93%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $116.06 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $116.06 ↓ -93%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $116.06 ↓ -93%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $116.06 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $145.08 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $157.38 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $157.38 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $162.48 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $162.48 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $174.09 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $174.09 ↓ -89%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $408.53 ↓ -75%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $510.57 ↓ -69%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -69%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -69%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $510.57 ↓ -69%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -69%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -69%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -69%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $536.10 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $555.80 ↓ -66%
HPN Medicare|Senior $561.63 ↓ -66%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $568.78 ↓ -66%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $580.30 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $580.30 ↓ -65%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $638.21 ↓ -61%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $638.21 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $841.46 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|PPO $848.52 ↓ -49%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $850.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $850.50 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $871.85 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $871.85 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $871.85 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,036.04 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,364.43 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,364.43 ↓ -17%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2,109.24 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,177.28 ↑ +32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,347.38 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,381.40 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $2,551.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,619.54 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,687.58 ↑ +63%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +77%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $383.25 $175.58 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,284.97 $80.37 – $1,857.55
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,815.09 $538.74 – $589.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,037.71 $116.06 – $4,057.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,399.93 $116.06 – $2,195.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,480.98 $116.06 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $526.82 $116.06 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $521.14 $116.06 – $1,976.45

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