Chest X-ray (single view) at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$344.84
Cash price 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.
$711.00
Gross charge 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.
$15.88 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.88 | ↓ -95% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.88 | ↓ -95% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.65 | ↓ -95% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.65 | ↓ -95% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $17.65 | ↓ -95% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $17.65 | ↓ -95% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $17.65 | ↓ -95% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $17.67 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $26.47 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $26.47 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $46.59 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $61.81 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $61.81 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $61.81 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $62.13 | ↓ -82% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $88.25 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $88.25 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $103.48 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $111.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -68% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -68% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -68% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -68% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $111.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $117.47 | ↓ -66% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $123.07 | ↓ -64% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $124.64 | ↓ -64% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $139.85 | ↓ -59% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $139.85 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $156.67 | ↓ -55% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $177.75 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $177.75 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $182.03 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $182.03 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $192.89 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $292.78 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $292.78 | ↓ -15% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $440.82 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $455.04 | ↑ +32% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $490.59 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $497.70 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $533.25 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $547.47 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $561.69 | ↑ +63% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $2,917.00 | ↑ +746% |
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Chest X-ray (single view) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $229.08 | $26.70 – $407.94 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $286.08 | $17.61 – $443.29 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $963.39 | $57.78 – $127.70 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $374.93 | $17.65 – $694.82 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $341.00 | $17.65 – $125.44 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $130.54 | $17.65 – $447.03 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $245.98 | $17.65 – $530.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $243.33 | $17.65 – $523.77 |