Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 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

$4,875.22

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.

$10,052.00

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.

$142.71 with Noble IPA vs $17,260.37 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.

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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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $142.71 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $142.71 ↓ -97%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $158.57 ↓ -97%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $158.57 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $158.57 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $158.57 ↓ -97%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $158.57 ↓ -97%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $158.57 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $215.02 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $215.02 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $222.00 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $222.00 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $237.85 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $237.85 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $464.39 ↓ -90%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $558.17 ↓ -89%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $792.85 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $792.85 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $947.05 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $947.05 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $947.05 ↓ -81%
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 $2,859.79 ↓ -41%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,329.63 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,330.83 ↑ +9%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $6,232.24 ↑ +28%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +41%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +41%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +41%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $6,868.48 ↑ +41%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +41%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +41%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +41%
United Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +41%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $6,868.48 ↑ +41%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +41%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +41%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,935.88 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7,036.40 ↑ +44%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $7,211.90 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $7,539.00 ↑ +55%
HPN Medicare|Senior $7,555.33 ↑ +55%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $7,651.49 ↑ +57%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7,740.04 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,941.08 ↑ +63%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $8,585.60 ↑ +76%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $8,585.60 ↑ +76%
United Commercial|PPO $10,052.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $10,052.00 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $17,260.37 ↑ +254%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,260.37 ↑ +254%

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Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,595.11 $239.90 – $23,085.47
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,790.03 $158.57 – $22,418.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,471.14 $158.57 – $26,354.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,450.30 $158.57 – $25,002.66
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,844.62 $158.57 – $25,002.66
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $12,254.79 $1,276.23 – $7,353.90
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $9,886.35 $4,194.31 – $7,353.90
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,903.65 $158.57 – $6,475.00

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