Brain image 4+ views at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$411.28
Cash price 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.
$848.00
Gross charge 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.
$173.14 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $173.14 | ↓ -58% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $173.14 | ↓ -58% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $192.38 | ↓ -53% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $192.38 | ↓ -53% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $192.38 | ↓ -53% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $192.38 | ↓ -53% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $192.38 | ↓ -53% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $192.38 | ↓ -53% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $212.00 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $212.00 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $240.48 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $260.87 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $260.87 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $269.33 | ↓ -35% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $269.33 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $288.57 | ↓ -30% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $288.57 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $508.80 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $525.76 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $542.72 | ↑ +32% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $585.12 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $593.60 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $636.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $652.96 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $669.92 | ↑ +63% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $677.18 | ↑ +65% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +66% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +66% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $683.93 | ↑ +66% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +66% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +66% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +66% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +66% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +66% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $683.93 | ↑ +66% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +66% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $718.13 | ↑ +75% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $752.32 | ↑ +83% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $761.90 | ↑ +85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $771.68 | ↑ +88% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $848.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $848.00 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $848.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $848.00 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $848.00 | ↑ +106% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $854.91 | ↑ +108% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $854.91 | ↑ +108% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $961.90 | ↑ +134% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $961.90 | ↑ +134% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,771.23 | ↑ +331% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,771.23 | ↑ +331% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $2,917.00 | ↑ +609% |
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Brain image 4+ views at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,174.83 | $192.38 – $2,201.08 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $470.06 | $192.38 – $2,565.73 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $464.99 | $192.38 – $2,565.73 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $361.04 | $144.48 – $688.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $737.48 | $192.38 – $656.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $1,045.42 | $192.38 – $3,747.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $913.32 | $173.14 – $2,124.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $710.06 | $192.38 – $2,561.08 |