Bundle his recording 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

$3,939.66

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.

$8,123.00

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.

$187.56 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $29,023.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $187.56 ↓ -95%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $187.56 ↓ -95%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $187.56 ↓ -95%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $187.56 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $255.08 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $255.08 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $267.62 ↓ -93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $267.62 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $281.34 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $281.34 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $293.06 ↓ -93%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $297.35 ↓ -92%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $297.35 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $416.29 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $416.29 ↓ -89%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $660.21 ↓ -83%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,486.75 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,486.75 ↓ -62%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2,030.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2,030.75 ↓ -48%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $4,873.80 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $5,036.26 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $5,442.41 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,604.87 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,686.10 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $6,092.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,254.71 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,417.17 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,635.62 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,635.62 ↑ +94%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $8,123.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8,123.00 ↑ +106%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8,123.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $8,123.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $8,123.00 ↑ +106%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8,123.00 ↑ +106%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $8,123.00 ↑ +106%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $8,123.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8,123.00 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $8,123.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8,123.00 ↑ +106%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $8,123.00 ↑ +106%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $8,529.15 ↑ +116%
HPN Medicare|Senior $8,935.30 ↑ +127%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $9,049.03 ↑ +130%
United Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +145%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $10,153.75 ↑ +158%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $10,153.75 ↑ +158%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +295%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +498%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +637%

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Bundle his recording at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,008.63 $230.70 – $13,738.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,072.19 $187.56 – $7,178.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,813.78 $187.56 – $7,178.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,508.82 $187.56 – $6,836.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $7,464.66 $187.56 – $20,819.80
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,497.92 $3,281.00 – $18,558.59
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $3,149.74 $187.56 – $6,116.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $2,529.70 $187.56 – $9,067.00

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