Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$138.71
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.
$286.00
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.
$57.47 with Noble IPA vs $319.30 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.
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 |
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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.47 | ↓ -59% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $57.47 | ↓ -59% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $63.86 | ↓ -54% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $63.86 | ↓ -54% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $63.86 | ↓ -54% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $63.86 | ↓ -54% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $63.86 | ↓ -54% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $63.86 | ↓ -54% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $71.50 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $71.50 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $82.37 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $82.37 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $86.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $86.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.40 | ↓ -36% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.40 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $92.61 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $95.79 | ↓ -31% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $95.79 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $127.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $136.08 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $136.08 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $136.08 | ↓ -2% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $156.71 | ↑ +13% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $177.32 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $178.99 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $178.99 | ↑ +29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $192.27 | ↑ +39% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $197.34 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $200.20 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $214.50 | ↑ +55% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $217.73 | ↑ +57% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +57% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +57% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +57% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +57% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +57% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +57% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +57% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $217.73 | ↑ +57% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +57% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +57% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $220.22 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $225.94 | ↑ +63% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $228.62 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $236.74 | ↑ +71% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $239.50 | ↑ +73% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $242.56 | ↑ +75% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $272.16 | ↑ +96% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $272.16 | ↑ +96% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $319.30 | ↑ +130% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $319.30 | ↑ +130% |
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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $143.23 | $88.29 – $394.70 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $548.25 | $129.97 – $287.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $13.10 | $15.30 – $106.99 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $93.24 | $11.12 – $42.96 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $12.00 | $8.26 – $125.77 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $113.53 | $29.21 – $119.32 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $112.31 | $29.21 – $119.32 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $364.14 | $164.25 – $287.00 |