Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port 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

$1,360.43

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.

$2,805.00

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.

$204.75 with Preferred IPA vs $770.25 with MultiPlan — 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
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $204.75 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $224.25 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $224.25 ↓ -84%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $243.75 ↓ -82%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $243.75 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $243.75 ↓ -82%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $253.50 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $292.50 ↓ -78%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $292.50 ↓ -78%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $341.25 ↓ -75%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $341.25 ↓ -75%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $341.25 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $341.25 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $399.75 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $399.75 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $429.00 ↓ -68%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $487.50 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $516.75 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $516.75 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $516.75 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $526.50 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|PPO $526.50 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $526.50 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|HMO $546.00 ↓ -60%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $663.00 ↓ -51%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $672.75 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $682.50 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $731.25 ↓ -46%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $750.75 ↓ -45%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $770.25 ↓ -43%

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Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,152.59 $186.24 – $605.28
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,647.99 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,624.54 $5.29 – $22.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,321.35 $303.20 – $1,148.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,235.56 $4.37 – $22.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,424.33 $6.25 – $22.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,387.41 $6.25 – $24.25
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,647.99 not published

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