Colonoscopy (diagnostic) 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

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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.

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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.

$338.78 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $7,030.00 with Health Net — 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
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $338.78
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $338.78
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $338.78
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $338.78
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $445.67
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $445.67
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $460.74
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $460.74
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $480.64
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $480.64
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $508.17
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $508.17
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $529.35
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $534.04
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $534.04
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $747.66
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $747.66
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $1,158.42
United Medicare|All Plans $1,158.42
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $1,158.42
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $1,158.42
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,158.42
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,158.42
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $1,158.42
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $1,158.42
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $1,158.42
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,158.42
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,158.42
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,158.42
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,158.42
Health Net Medicare|Senior $1,158.42
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,192.51
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $1,216.34
HPN Medicare|Senior $1,274.26
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $1,290.48
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $1,448.03
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,448.03
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,670.20
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,670.20
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,705.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,184.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $7,030.00
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise not published by hospital
HPN Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Colonoscopy (diagnostic) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,241.96 $1,253.22 – $4,657.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $426.91 $165.83 – $628.18
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,612.62 $1,320.41 – $7,483.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,267.86 $1,196.08 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $847.62 $1,252.97 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,271.94 $6,127.00 – $25,998.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,612.62 $1,294.00 – $4,737.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,204.32 $1,016.67 – $6,920.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →