Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$551.45

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.

$1,137.00

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.

$31.73 with Noble IPA vs $2,917.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $31.73 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $31.73 ↓ -94%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $35.26 ↓ -94%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $35.26 ↓ -94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $35.26 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $35.26 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $35.26 ↓ -94%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $35.27 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $47.81 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $47.81 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $49.11 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $49.36 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $49.36 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $52.89 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $52.89 ↓ -90%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -80%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -80%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $111.88 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $111.88 ↓ -80%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -80%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -80%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -80%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -80%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $117.47 ↓ -79%
HPN Medicare|Senior $123.07 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $124.12 ↓ -77%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $124.64 ↓ -77%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $139.85 ↓ -75%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $139.85 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $145.30 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $145.30 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $145.30 ↓ -74%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $176.30 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $176.30 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|HMO $182.03 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|PPO $182.03 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $243.85 ↓ -56%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $284.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $284.25 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $292.78 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $292.78 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $369.18 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $454.55 ↓ -18%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $704.94 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $727.68 ↑ +32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $784.53 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $795.90 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $852.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $875.49 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $898.23 ↑ +63%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +429%

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $363.98 $53.35 – $648.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $329.90 $17.61 – $511.19
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,104.15 $117.28 – $230.76
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $716.05 $35.26 – $1,493.52
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $580.76 $35.26 – $210.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $521.36 $35.26 – $1,303.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $344.29 $35.26 – $742.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $340.58 $35.26 – $733.12

All California hospitals for this procedure →