Change cystostomy tube; complex 51710 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

$809.95

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.

$1,670.00

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.

$120.48 with HCLA 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $120.48 ↓ -85%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $120.48 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $120.48 ↓ -85%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $120.48 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $163.85 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $163.85 ↓ -80%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $170.92 ↓ -79%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $170.92 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $180.72 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $180.72 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $188.25 ↓ -77%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $189.91 ↓ -77%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $189.91 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $265.87 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $265.87 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $324.70 ↓ -60%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $324.70 ↓ -60%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $417.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $417.50 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $424.09 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↑ +5%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↑ +5%
United Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $848.09 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $848.09 ↑ +5%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $848.09 ↑ +5%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↑ +5%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↑ +5%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↑ +5%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $848.09 ↑ +5%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $848.09 ↑ +5%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↑ +5%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $890.49 ↑ +10%
HPN Medicare|Senior $932.90 ↑ +15%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $944.78 ↑ +17%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $949.55 ↑ +17%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $949.55 ↑ +17%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,002.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,035.40 ↑ +28%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $1,060.11 ↑ +31%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,060.11 ↑ +31%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,118.90 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,152.30 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,169.00 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,252.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,285.90 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,319.30 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,768.00 ↑ +242%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↑ +322%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,131.00 ↑ +410%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +539%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,603.00 ↑ +592%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +687%

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Change cystostomy tube; complex 51710 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,196.62 $148.19 – $2,130.96
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,681.58 $939.68 – $2,695.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $233.36 $120.48 – $629.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $230.85 $120.48 – $629.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,129.25 $990.07 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,419.84 $896.84 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $768.57 $939.50 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,056.72 $3,331.00 – $20,799.00

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