Capecitabine, oral, 50 mg 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

$94.09

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.

$194.00

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.

$15.25 with BCBS - Anthem vs $61.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.25 ↓ -84%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $15.25 ↓ -84%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $15.25 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $18.30 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $18.30 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $21.35 ↓ -77%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $21.35 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $21.35 ↓ -77%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $37.82 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $39.04 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $42.09 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $42.09 ↓ -55%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $42.09 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $42.70 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $45.75 ↓ -51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $46.97 ↓ -50%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $48.19 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $58.56 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $61.00 ↓ -35%

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Capecitabine, oral, 50 mg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $46.43 $28.62 – $82.68
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $47.51 $49.95 – $108.78
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $64.93 $41.60 – $100.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $42.05 $9.62 – $37.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5.61 $0.03 – $0.28
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $69.61 $0.03 – $0.15
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $88.58 $25.50 – $100.98
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $126.90 $25.81 – $80.99

All California hospitals for this procedure →