Chloride 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

$86.82

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.

$179.00

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.

$3.89 with Noble IPA vs $136.67 with MultiPlan — 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 $3.89 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $3.89 ↓ -96%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $4.32 ↓ -95%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $4.32 ↓ -95%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.32 ↓ -95%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $4.32 ↓ -95%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.32 ↓ -95%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.32 ↓ -95%
HPN Medicare|Senior $4.60 ↓ -95%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.60 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.60 ↓ -95%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4.60 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4.60 ↓ -95%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.60 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $4.60 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $4.60 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $4.60 ↓ -95%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.60 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.60 ↓ -95%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $4.60 ↓ -95%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $4.60 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4.60 ↓ -95%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.60 ↓ -95%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.83 ↓ -94%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $5.13 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $5.52 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|PPO $5.52 ↓ -94%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $5.75 ↓ -93%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $5.75 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $5.86 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $5.86 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $6.05 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $6.05 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $6.48 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $6.48 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.65 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9.13 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.13 ↓ -89%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $10.60 ↓ -88%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $21.60 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $21.60 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $22.69 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.69 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $22.69 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $37.00 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $41.52 ↓ -52%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $43.25 ↓ -50%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $43.25 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $56.02 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $68.97 ↓ -21%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $107.26 ↑ +24%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $119.37 ↑ +37%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $121.10 ↑ +39%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $129.75 ↑ +49%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $133.21 ↑ +53%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $136.67 ↑ +57%

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Chloride at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $64.83 $4.60 – $115.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $23.16 $0.92 – $35.89
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $98.43 $4.51 – $37.87
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $86.03 $4.32 – $13.72
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $47.29 $4.32 – $69.58
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $78.80 $3.78 – $13.93
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $101.29 $4.23 – $28.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $100.20 $4.23 – $29.23

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