Contrast x-ray gallbladder at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$560.66
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.
$1,156.00
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.
$49.61 with Noble IPA vs $2,917.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.61 | ↓ -91% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.61 | ↓ -91% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $55.12 | ↓ -90% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $55.12 | ↓ -90% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $55.12 | ↓ -90% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $55.12 | ↓ -90% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $55.12 | ↓ -90% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $55.12 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $68.90 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $74.74 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $74.74 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $77.17 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $77.17 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.68 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.68 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $169.21 | ↓ -70% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $194.02 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $226.19 | ↓ -60% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -60% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -60% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $226.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -60% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $237.50 | ↓ -58% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $248.81 | ↓ -56% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $251.98 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $256.18 | ↓ -54% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $275.60 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $275.60 | ↓ -51% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $282.74 | ↓ -50% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $282.74 | ↓ -50% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $289.00 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $289.00 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $315.42 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $317.85 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $317.85 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $317.85 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.74 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $401.74 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $646.54 | ↑ +15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $646.54 | ↑ +15% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $716.72 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $739.84 | ↑ +32% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $797.64 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $809.20 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $867.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $890.12 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $913.24 | ↑ +63% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $2,917.00 | ↑ +420% |
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Contrast x-ray gallbladder at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $483.56 | $83.39 – $864.73 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,042.29 | $55.12 – $723.24 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $124.29 | $55.12 – $936.54 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $122.95 | $55.12 – $936.54 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $252.96 | $218.84 – $291.55 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $295.80 | $225.59 – $291.55 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $527.44 | $55.12 – $736.36 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $265.71 | $186.18 – $291.55 |