Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$2,734.43
Cash price 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.
$5,638.00
Gross charge 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.
$199.60 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,022.30 with Blue Shield CA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $199.60 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $302.42 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $372.49 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $1,061.97 | ↓ -61% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -61% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -61% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -61% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -61% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -61% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $1,061.97 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.97 | ↓ -61% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,073.96 | ↓ -61% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,084.01 | ↓ -60% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,084.01 | ↓ -60% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,115.07 | ↓ -59% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $1,168.17 | ↓ -57% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,183.04 | ↓ -57% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $1,204.46 | ↓ -56% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $1,204.46 | ↓ -56% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $1,204.46 | ↓ -56% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,327.46 | ↓ -51% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $1,327.46 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,409.50 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,409.50 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,409.50 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,494.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,633.25 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,633.25 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,686.24 | ↓ -38% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,686.24 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,800.00 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,884.98 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $1,884.98 | ↓ -31% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $1,973.30 | ↓ -28% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $1,973.30 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,177.30 | ↓ -20% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $3,495.56 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,762.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,762.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,762.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,890.22 | ↑ +42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,890.22 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,890.22 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,946.60 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $4,228.50 | ↑ +55% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,239.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,341.26 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,454.02 | ↑ +63% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,022.30 | ↑ +120% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,022.30 | ↑ +120% |
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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,621.83 | $61.37 – $6,449.82 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,459.58 | $57.45 – $1,933.30 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $16,050.00 | $101.78 – $36,750.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $14,700.00 | $380.62 – $36,750.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,549.79 | $10.40 – $1,204.46 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,489.96 | $10.40 – $26.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,459.58 | $62.18 – $1,933.30 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,459.58 | $74.17 – $1,933.30 |