Calcium acetate(phosphate binders) 667 mg tablet at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$2.91
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.
$6.00
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.
$1.50 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6.00 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.
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 |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1.50 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1.50 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1.50 | ↓ -48% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $1.80 | ↓ -38% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $1.80 | ↓ -38% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $2.10 | ↓ -28% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $2.10 | ↓ -28% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $2.10 | ↓ -28% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $3.72 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3.84 | ↑ +32% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $4.14 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.14 | ↑ +42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4.14 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4.20 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $4.50 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4.62 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4.74 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.76 | ↑ +98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6.00 | ↑ +106% |
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Calcium acetate(phosphate binders) 667 mg tablet at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6.57 | $4.05 – $11.70 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4.71 | $4.95 – $10.78 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4.32 | $2.97 – $10.78 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1.12 | $0.80 – $2.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1.11 | $0.50 – $2.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $1.72 | $0.20 – $1.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2.36 | $2.08 – $8.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $2.34 | $0.48 – $1.96 |