Bx breast add lesion mr imag 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

$145.99

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.

$301.00

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.

$69.70 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.

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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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $69.70 ↓ -52%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $69.70 ↓ -52%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $75.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $75.25 ↓ -48%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $77.44 ↓ -47%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $77.44 ↓ -47%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $77.44 ↓ -47%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $77.44 ↓ -47%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $77.44 ↓ -47%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $77.44 ↓ -47%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $105.01 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $105.01 ↓ -28%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $108.42 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $108.42 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $116.16 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $116.16 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $178.90 ↑ +23%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $180.60 ↑ +24%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $201.67 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $207.69 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $210.70 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $225.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $231.77 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $237.79 ↑ +63%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $272.59 ↑ +87%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $301.00 ↑ +106%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $387.20 ↑ +165%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $387.20 ↑ +165%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +10559%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +16050%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +19780%

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Bx breast add lesion mr imag at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $499.91 $77.44 – $1,096.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $572.32 $77.44 – $1,382.78
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,035.47 $77.44 – $1,098.26
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,024.30 $77.44 – $1,221.66
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,825.45 $0.80 – $2,507.40
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $900.66 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,728.48 $1,200.00 – $5,357.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,263.43 $77.44 – $1,875.06

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