Calcium 24 hour urine 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

$3.43

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.

$7.07

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.

$1.70 with Blue Shield CA vs $38.45 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.

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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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.70 ↓ -50%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1.77 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1.77 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4.25 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4.39 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.88 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.95 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $5.31 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5.45 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5.59 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $6.03 ↑ +76%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $6.03 ↑ +76%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $6.03 ↑ +76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $6.03 ↑ +76%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.03 ↑ +76%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.03 ↑ +76%
HPN Medicare|Senior $6.03 ↑ +76%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $6.03 ↑ +76%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $6.03 ↑ +76%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $6.03 ↑ +76%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $6.03 ↑ +76%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6.03 ↑ +76%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.03 ↑ +76%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.03 ↑ +76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6.03 ↑ +76%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $6.33 ↑ +85%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $6.37 ↑ +86%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $6.37 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6.44 ↑ +88%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $6.72 ↑ +96%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $7.07 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.07 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7.07 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7.07 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $7.07 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $7.07 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $7.07 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $7.07 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $7.07 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $7.07 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.07 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7.07 ↑ +106%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $7.07 ↑ +106%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $7.07 ↑ +106%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $7.07 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $7.07 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $7.07 ↑ +106%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $7.54 ↑ +120%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $7.54 ↑ +120%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $10.61 ↑ +209%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $10.61 ↑ +209%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.96 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11.96 ↑ +249%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $18.87 ↑ +450%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $38.45 ↑ +1021%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $38.45 ↑ +1021%

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Calcium 24 hour urine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $133.59 $1.91 – $16.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.90 $1.21 – $8.84
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $20.43 $5.91 – $49.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $175.48 $2.50 – $15.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $63.27 $4.93 – $8.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $160.72 $1.35 – $18.27
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $155.08 $4.17 – $17.33
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $153.41 $4.17 – $17.33

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