Cath lt/rt pulm art 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

$195.46

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.

$403.00

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.

$100.75 with DHR vs $6,374.00 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
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $100.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $100.75 ↓ -48%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $111.50 ↓ -43%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $111.50 ↓ -43%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $111.50 ↓ -43%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $111.50 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $151.64 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $151.64 ↓ -22%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $158.19 ↓ -19%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $158.19 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $167.25 ↓ -14%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $167.25 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $174.23 ↓ -11%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $175.77 ↓ -10%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $175.77 ↓ -10%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $241.80 ↑ +24%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $246.08 ↑ +26%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $246.08 ↑ +26%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $249.86 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $270.01 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $278.07 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $282.10 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $302.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $310.31 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $318.37 ↑ +63%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $392.48 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $878.85 ↑ +350%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $878.85 ↑ +350%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↑ +1648%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +2549%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +3161%

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Cath lt/rt pulm art at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $620.21 $137.15 – $1,104.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,238.21 $111.50 – $634.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,134.06 $111.50 – $614.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,097.05 $111.50 – $1,815.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,085.22 $111.50 – $2,019.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,341.30 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,341.30 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,222.64 $0.80 – $1,138.20

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