Bx breast 1st lesion mr imag at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$1,218.32
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.
$2,512.00
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.
$149.78 with Noble IPA 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.
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 | $149.78 | ↓ -88% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.78 | ↓ -88% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $166.42 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $166.42 | ↓ -86% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $166.42 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $166.42 | ↓ -86% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $166.42 | ↓ -86% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $166.42 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $208.03 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $225.67 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $225.67 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $232.99 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $232.99 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $249.63 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $249.63 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $585.80 | ↓ -52% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $628.00 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $628.00 | ↓ -48% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $665.53 | ↓ -45% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $665.53 | ↓ -45% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $832.10 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $832.10 | ↓ -32% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,309.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,507.20 | ↑ +24% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,683.04 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,733.28 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,758.40 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $1,884.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,934.24 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,984.48 | ↑ +63% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +69% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +69% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +69% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +69% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $2,058.68 | ↑ +69% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +69% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +69% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $2,058.68 | ↑ +69% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +69% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +69% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,161.61 | ↑ +77% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $2,264.55 | ↑ +86% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,293.37 | ↑ +88% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $2,573.35 | ↑ +111% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $2,573.35 | ↑ +111% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,705.00 | ↑ +204% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $6,502.00 | ↑ +434% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,818.00 | ↑ +624% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $15,561.00 | ↑ +1177% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,577.00 | ↑ +1835% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $29,023.00 | ↑ +2282% |
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Bx breast 1st lesion mr imag at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,643.61 | $166.42 – $12,397.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,768.29 | $166.42 – $4,435.48 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,035.47 | $166.42 – $2,058.68 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,024.30 | $166.42 – $2,058.68 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,258.10 | $2,345.04 – $9,858.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,703.33 | $0.80 – $2,507.40 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,808.57 | $2,298.14 – $4,737.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,090.24 | $1,805.60 – $6,920.00 |