Bx skin incisnl ea sep/add l les 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

$94.58

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.

$195.00

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.

$46.64 with Noble IPA vs $6,374.00 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 $46.64 ↓ -51%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $46.64 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $48.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $48.75 ↓ -48%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $51.82 ↓ -45%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $51.82 ↓ -45%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $51.82 ↓ -45%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $51.82 ↓ -45%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $51.82 ↓ -45%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $51.82 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $70.27 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $70.27 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $72.55 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $72.55 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $77.73 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $77.73 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $80.98 ↓ -14%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $117.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $120.90 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $130.65 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $134.55 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $136.50 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $146.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $150.15 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $154.05 ↑ +63%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $182.41 ↑ +93%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $259.10 ↑ +174%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $259.10 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↑ +3513%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +5375%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +6639%

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Bx skin incisnl ea sep/add l les at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $552.37 $78.40 – $1,331.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $227.97 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $61.28 $22.51 – $85.26
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $76.71 $51.82 – $206.91
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $240.21 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $769.08 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $755.82 $3,982.87 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $543.66 $8,222.00 – $20,799.00

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