Buprenorphine hydrochloride 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

$43.65

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.

$90.00

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.

$3.32 with Health Net vs $71.10 with MultiPlan — 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
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3.32 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4.20 ↓ -90%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4.53 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.45 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6.36 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|PPO $7.10 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|HMO $7.10 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7.83 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8.74 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8.74 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.74 ↓ -80%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $22.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $22.50 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $22.50 ↓ -48%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $27.00 ↓ -38%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $27.00 ↓ -38%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $31.50 ↓ -28%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $31.50 ↓ -28%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $31.50 ↓ -28%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $55.80 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $62.10 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $62.10 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $62.10 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $63.00 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $67.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $69.30 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $71.10 ↑ +63%

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Buprenorphine hydrochloride at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $24.49 $2.89 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $24.23 $1.93 – $20.54
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $32.96 $1.39 – $24.44
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $58.84 $1.77 – $111.14
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $47.69 $2.59 – $107.42
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $55.10 $3.76 – $135.20
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $18.09 $1.55 – $41.50
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $29.97 $1.65 – $73.80

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