Bx vulva or perineum/ea add lesion 56606 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

$39.29

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.

$81.00

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.

$20.25 with DHR 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $20.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $20.25 ↓ -48%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $45.13 ↑ +15%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $45.13 ↑ +15%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $50.15 ↑ +28%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $50.15 ↑ +28%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $50.15 ↑ +28%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $50.15 ↑ +28%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $50.15 ↑ +28%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $50.15 ↑ +28%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $50.22 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $55.89 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $56.70 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $60.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $62.37 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $62.69 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $63.99 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $68.00 ↑ +73%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $68.00 ↑ +73%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $70.21 ↑ +79%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $70.21 ↑ +79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $75.22 ↑ +91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $75.22 ↑ +91%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $176.53 ↑ +349%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $250.75 ↑ +538%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $250.75 ↑ +538%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,768.00 ↑ +6945%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↑ +8597%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +13079%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +16123%

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Bx vulva or perineum/ea add lesion 56606 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $850.17 $2,335.00 – $3,982.87
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $246.72 $1,394.00 – $11,456.00
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $973.00 $273.20 – $9,891.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $75.87 – $87.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $50.15 – $75.87
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $50.15 – $50.15
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $50.15 – $61.68

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