Chlamydia culture 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

$11.33

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.

$23.36

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.

$5.61 with Blue Shield CA vs $124.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.61 ↓ -50%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $5.84 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $5.84 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $14.02 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $14.49 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.12 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.36 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $17.52 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $17.99 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $18.46 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $19.60 ↑ +73%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↑ +73%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $19.60 ↑ +73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $19.60 ↑ +73%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↑ +73%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↑ +73%
HPN Medicare|Senior $19.60 ↑ +73%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $19.60 ↑ +73%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↑ +73%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↑ +73%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $19.60 ↑ +73%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↑ +73%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↑ +73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↑ +73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↑ +73%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $20.58 ↑ +82%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $21.03 ↑ +86%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $21.03 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $21.26 ↑ +88%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $21.84 ↑ +93%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $23.36 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.36 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.36 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.36 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $23.36 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $23.36 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $23.36 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $23.36 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $23.36 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $23.36 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $23.36 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $23.36 ↑ +106%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $23.36 ↑ +106%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $23.36 ↑ +106%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $23.36 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $23.36 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $23.36 ↑ +106%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $24.50 ↑ +116%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $24.50 ↑ +116%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $35.04 ↑ +209%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $35.04 ↑ +209%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.88 ↑ +243%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $38.88 ↑ +243%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $60.86 ↑ +437%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $124.00 ↑ +994%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $124.00 ↑ +994%

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Chlamydia culture at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.55 $3.43 – $52.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $11.72 $3.92 – $28.53
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $34.97 $19.21 – $159.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $9.63 $11.25 – $50.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8.82 $6.08 – $59.37
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.35 $11.25 – $56.32
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8.26 $11.25 – $56.32
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $34.97 $19.60 – $202.17

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