Bx breast add lesion strtctc 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

$2,121.39

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.

$4,374.00

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.

$474.12 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 $474.12 ↓ -78%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $474.12 ↓ -78%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $526.80 ↓ -75%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $526.80 ↓ -75%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $526.80 ↓ -75%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $526.80 ↓ -75%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $526.80 ↓ -75%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $526.80 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $658.50 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $714.34 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $714.34 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $737.52 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $737.52 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $790.20 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $790.20 ↓ -63%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,093.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,093.50 ↓ -48%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,309.00 ↓ -38%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,854.34 ↓ -13%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,624.40 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,634.00 ↑ +24%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,634.00 ↑ +24%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,930.58 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,018.06 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,061.80 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $3,280.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,367.98 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,455.46 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +634%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +1011%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +1268%

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Bx breast add lesion strtctc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $171.26 $105.57 – $916.63
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,369.46 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $499.91 $526.80 – $1,048.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $400.63 $249.48 – $905.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,997.84 $526.80 – $2,118.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,976.30 $526.80 – $2,356.20
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $877.20 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,007.07 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00

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