Consultation pathology during surgery 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

$64.51

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.

$133.00

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.

$33.25 with DHR vs $232.95 with Care 1st — 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $33.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $33.25 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|PPO $40.61 ↓ -37%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $41.93 ↓ -35%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $41.93 ↓ -35%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $46.59 ↓ -28%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $46.59 ↓ -28%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $46.59 ↓ -28%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $46.59 ↓ -28%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $46.59 ↓ -28%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $46.59 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $61.74 ↓ -4%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $63.18 ↓ -2%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $63.18 ↓ -2%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $65.23 ↑ +1%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $65.23 ↑ +1%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $69.89 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $69.89 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $70.71 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $70.71 ↑ +10%
United Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +17%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +17%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +17%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +17%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +17%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $75.47 ↑ +17%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +17%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +17%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +17%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $75.47 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +17%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $75.47 ↑ +17%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +17%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $75.47 ↑ +17%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $79.24 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $79.80 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $82.46 ↑ +28%
HPN Medicare|Senior $83.02 ↑ +29%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $84.08 ↑ +30%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $91.77 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $93.10 ↑ +44%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $94.34 ↑ +46%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $94.34 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $99.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $102.41 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $105.07 ↑ +63%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $114.33 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $121.03 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $130.01 ↑ +102%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $130.01 ↑ +102%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $130.01 ↑ +102%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $133.00 ↑ +106%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $232.95 ↑ +261%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $232.95 ↑ +261%

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Consultation pathology during surgery at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $351.90 $66.86 – $236.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $177.62 $40.61 – $129.36
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $162.51 $46.59 – $239.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $162.68 $35.64 – $129.36
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $79.77 $34.50 – $102.43
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $78.91 $34.50 – $102.43
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $286.11 $66.86 – $298.57
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $591.09 $66.86 – $338.58

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