Brain image w/flow 4 + views at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$1,216.38
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.
$2,508.00
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.
$205.50 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 |
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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $205.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $205.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $228.33 | ↓ -81% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $228.33 | ↓ -81% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $228.33 | ↓ -81% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $228.33 | ↓ -81% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $228.33 | ↓ -81% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $228.33 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $285.41 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $309.62 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $309.62 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $319.66 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $319.66 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $342.50 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $342.50 | ↓ -72% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $627.00 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $627.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $683.93 | ↓ -44% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -44% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -44% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $683.93 | ↓ -44% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -44% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -44% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -44% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -44% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $718.13 | ↓ -41% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $752.32 | ↓ -38% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $761.90 | ↓ -37% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $803.72 | ↓ -34% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $854.91 | ↓ -30% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $854.91 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $873.97 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -9% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,141.65 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,141.65 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,323.16 | ↑ +9% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,554.96 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,605.12 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,629.13 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,730.52 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,755.60 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,758.42 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,758.42 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,758.42 | ↑ +45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,771.23 | ↑ +46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,771.23 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $1,881.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,931.16 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,981.32 | ↑ +63% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $2,917.00 | ↑ +140% |
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Brain image w/flow 4 + views at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,503.22 | $345.45 – $2,676.96 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,039.42 | $228.33 – $4,445.28 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,722.28 | $228.33 – $3,968.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,627.59 | $228.33 – $2,704.43 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $470.06 | $228.33 – $2,565.73 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $464.99 | $228.33 – $2,565.73 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,516.34 | $755.17 – $1,130.33 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,138.03 | $698.35 – $1,281.80 |