Bowel imaging 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

$1,261.97

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.

$2,602.00

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.

$139.61 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 $139.61 ↓ -89%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $139.61 ↓ -89%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $155.12 ↓ -88%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $155.12 ↓ -88%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $155.12 ↓ -88%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $155.12 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $155.12 ↓ -88%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $155.12 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $193.90 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $210.34 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $210.34 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $217.17 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $217.17 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $232.68 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $232.68 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -60%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -60%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $510.57 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -60%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $510.57 ↓ -60%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -60%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -60%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -60%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -60%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -60%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $536.10 ↓ -58%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $546.02 ↓ -57%
HPN Medicare|Senior $561.63 ↓ -55%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $568.78 ↓ -55%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $638.21 ↓ -49%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $638.21 ↓ -49%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $650.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $650.50 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $694.13 ↓ -45%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $775.60 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $775.60 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|PPO $848.52 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,050.88 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,293.89 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,364.43 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,364.43 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,437.67 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,437.67 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,437.67 ↑ +14%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,613.24 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,665.28 ↑ +32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,795.38 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,821.40 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,951.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,003.54 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,055.58 ↑ +63%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +131%

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Bowel imaging at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $795.85 $234.68 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,136.67 $80.37 – $1,643.18
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,253.18 $538.74 – $710.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,536.10 $155.12 – $3,378.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,682.98 $155.12 – $3,938.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,226.18 $155.12 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $751.28 $155.12 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $743.18 $155.12 – $1,976.45

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