Bone marrow imaging body 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

$507.31

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.

$1,046.00

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.

$210.20 with BCBS - Anthem 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $210.20 ↓ -59%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $261.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $261.50 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $271.96 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $271.96 ↓ -46%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +1%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +1%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +1%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↑ +1%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $510.57 ↑ +1%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +1%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +1%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +1%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +1%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +1%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $510.57 ↑ +1%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +1%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +1%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $536.10 ↑ +6%
HPN Medicare|Senior $561.63 ↑ +11%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $568.78 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $627.60 ↑ +24%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $638.21 ↑ +26%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $638.21 ↑ +26%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $648.52 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $669.44 ↑ +32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $721.74 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $732.20 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $784.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $805.42 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $826.34 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|PPO $848.52 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↑ +67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $951.86 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,046.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,046.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,046.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,046.00 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,364.43 ↑ +169%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,364.43 ↑ +169%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +475%

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Bone marrow imaging body at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $821.69 $506.52 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,444.66 $80.37 – $2,088.41
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $705.28 $510.57 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $697.67 $221.97 – $1,976.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $526.26 $187.95 – $848.52
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,408.18 $228.70 – $1,773.80
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,057.81 $193.38 – $884.54
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $2,557.83 $329.98 – $5,762.14

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