Bx breast pq tomo guide 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

$6,331.68

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.

$13,055.00

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.

$3,263.75 with DHR vs $13,055.00 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
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $3,263.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $3,263.75 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $3,394.30 ↓ -46%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $3,394.30 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,705.00 ↓ -41%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $4,865.48 ↓ -23%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $4,865.48 ↓ -23%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $4,865.48 ↓ -23%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4,865.48 ↓ -23%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $4,865.48 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,865.48 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,865.48 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,865.48 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $4,865.48 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $4,865.48 ↓ -23%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,865.48 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,865.48 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4,865.48 ↓ -23%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,865.48 ↓ -23%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $5,108.75 ↓ -19%
HPN Medicare|Senior $5,352.03 ↓ -15%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $5,420.15 ↓ -14%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $6,081.85 ↓ -4%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $6,081.85 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7,702.45 ↑ +22%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $8,094.10 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $8,158.00 ↑ +29%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,007.95 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9,138.50 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $9,791.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,052.35 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,313.45 ↑ +63%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $11,062.00 ↑ +75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $11,749.50 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $13,055.00 ↑ +106%

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Bx breast pq tomo guide at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,714.40 $1,247.67 – $4,621.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,695.91 $1,218.24 – $4,512.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,708.41 $305.13 – $1,453.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,576.81 $1,262.58 – $3,826.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $5,225.18 $2,097.70 – $15,828.10
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $4,157.26 $4,745.23 – $19,070.00
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $7,418.23 $2,097.70 – $19,070.00
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $5,225.18 $2,097.70 – $19,070.00

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