Contrast exam thoracic aorta at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$4,875.22
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.
$10,052.00
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.
$230.00 with Noble IPA vs $10,361.48 with Cigna — 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 | $230.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $230.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $255.55 | ↓ -95% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $255.55 | ↓ -95% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $255.55 | ↓ -95% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $255.55 | ↓ -95% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $255.55 | ↓ -95% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $255.55 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $346.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $346.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $357.77 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $357.77 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $383.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $383.33 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $439.51 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $899.54 | ↓ -82% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,277.75 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,277.75 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,476.11 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,476.11 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,476.11 | ↓ -70% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,513.00 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,513.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $2,622.00 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,875.53 | ↓ -41% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $2,917.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,199.17 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,353.45 | ↓ -11% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $4,399.13 | ↓ -10% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,455.12 | ↓ -9% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $4,999.01 | ↑ +3% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $4,999.01 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,360.15 | ↑ +10% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $6,232.24 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $6,438.74 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,438.74 | ↑ +32% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,935.88 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,036.40 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $7,539.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,740.04 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,941.08 | ↑ +63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,361.48 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $10,361.48 | ↑ +113% |
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,761.50 | $255.55 – $13,457.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,361.00 | $255.55 – $15,820.61 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,875.63 | $255.55 – $15,009.21 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,844.62 | $255.55 – $15,009.21 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,627.74 | $1,989.67 – $4,434.05 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,941.61 | $4,061.05 – $4,434.05 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,881.79 | $255.55 – $4,902.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,627.74 | $1,721.34 – $4,434.05 |