Brachy source yttrium-90 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

$2,657.80

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.

$5,480.00

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.

$1,150.80 with Preferred IPA vs $22,216.57 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
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $1,150.80 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1,260.40 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $1,260.40 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,370.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,370.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,370.00 ↓ -48%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,424.80 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,424.80 ↓ -46%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,424.80 ↓ -46%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1,644.00 ↓ -38%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1,644.00 ↓ -38%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $1,918.00 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,918.00 ↓ -28%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $1,918.00 ↓ -28%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $1,918.00 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,246.80 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,246.80 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,411.20 ↓ -9%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,740.00 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,904.40 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,904.40 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,904.40 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|PPO $2,959.20 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,959.20 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,959.20 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|HMO $3,068.80 ↑ +15%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,726.40 ↑ +40%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,781.20 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,836.00 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $4,110.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,219.60 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,329.20 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $5,480.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $5,480.00 ↑ +106%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5,480.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5,480.00 ↑ +106%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5,480.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $5,480.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5,480.00 ↑ +106%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $5,480.00 ↑ +106%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $5,480.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5,480.00 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $5,480.00 ↑ +106%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $5,480.00 ↑ +106%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $5,754.00 ↑ +116%
HPN Medicare|Senior $6,028.00 ↑ +127%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $6,104.72 ↑ +130%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $6,850.00 ↑ +158%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $6,850.00 ↑ +158%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $22,216.57 ↑ +736%
United Medicare|All Plans $22,216.57 ↑ +736%

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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $27,230.46 $14,920.80 – $48,492.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $59,436.32 $17,415.59 – $17,771.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $26,608.76 $14,299.10 – $60,926.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $24,370.64 $11,812.30 – $60,926.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $26,089.10 $17,580.25 – $56,256.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $25,807.81 $17,580.25 – $55,553.59
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $59,436.32 $17,771.01 – $17,771.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $22,534.63 not published

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