Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$26.68
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.
$55.00
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.
$13.75 with DHR vs $139.05 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.75 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.75 | ↓ -48% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $25.03 | ↓ -6% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.03 | ↓ -6% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $27.81 | ↑ +4% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $27.81 | ↑ +4% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.81 | ↑ +4% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $27.81 | ↑ +4% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.81 | ↑ +4% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $27.81 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $28.90 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $28.90 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $33.00 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $34.10 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $34.76 | ↑ +30% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.71 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.71 | ↑ +41% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.95 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $38.50 | ↑ +44% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $38.93 | ↑ +46% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $38.93 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $41.25 | ↑ +55% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $41.71 | ↑ +56% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $41.71 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $42.35 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $43.45 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $47.37 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $47.37 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.37 | ↑ +78% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.74 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $48.74 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $50.05 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $55.00 | ↑ +106% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $68.25 | ↑ +156% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $139.05 | ↑ +421% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $139.05 | ↑ +421% |
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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $118.26 | $28.90 – $210.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $97.41 | $46.20 – $68.09 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7.87 | $9.19 – $63.31 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $17.55 | $3.11 – $12.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7.21 | $4.96 – $74.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $26.35 | $15.50 – $70.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $26.06 | $15.50 – $70.60 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $83.13 | $46.20 – $86.05 |