Bone marrow interpretation 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

$373.94

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.

$771.00

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.

$45.50 with Noble IPA vs $1,037.95 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.

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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 $45.50 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $45.50 ↓ -88%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $50.56 ↓ -86%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $50.56 ↓ -86%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $50.56 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $50.56 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $50.56 ↓ -86%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $50.56 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $63.20 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $68.56 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $68.56 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $70.78 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $70.78 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $75.84 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $75.84 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $96.11 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $96.11 ↓ -74%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $124.08 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $177.38 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $177.38 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $177.38 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $185.04 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $192.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $192.75 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $252.80 ↓ -32%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $252.80 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $314.90 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $476.74 ↑ +27%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $478.02 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $531.99 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $539.70 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $578.25 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $586.99 ↑ +57%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $593.67 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $609.09 ↑ +63%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $771.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $771.00 ↑ +106%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $771.00 ↑ +106%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $771.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $771.00 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $771.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $771.00 ↑ +106%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $771.00 ↑ +106%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $771.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $771.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $771.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $771.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $771.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $771.00 ↑ +106%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $809.55 ↑ +116%
HPN Medicare|Senior $848.10 ↑ +127%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $858.90 ↑ +130%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $963.75 ↑ +158%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $963.75 ↑ +158%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +178%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +178%

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Bone marrow interpretation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $351.28 $66.30 – $1,604.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,276.02 $236.33 – $1,256.40
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,097.82 $50.56 – $1,615.95
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $432.90 $50.56 – $637.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,005.48 $50.56 – $1,551.34
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $260.82 $49.53 – $611.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $258.01 $49.53 – $611.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,684.02 $301.42 – $1,256.40

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