Conversion ext bil drg cath 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

$2,752.38

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.

$5,675.00

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.

$913.07 with Noble IPA vs $11,062.00 with Health Net — 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 $913.07 ↓ -67%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $913.07 ↓ -67%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,014.52 ↓ -63%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $1,014.52 ↓ -63%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1,014.52 ↓ -63%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1,014.52 ↓ -63%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,014.52 ↓ -63%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $1,014.52 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,268.15 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,375.69 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,375.69 ↓ -50%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,418.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,418.75 ↓ -48%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1,420.33 ↓ -48%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $1,420.33 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,521.78 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,521.78 ↓ -45%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $1,590.20 ↓ -42%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $1,590.20 ↓ -42%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $3,405.00 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $3,518.50 ↑ +28%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $3,571.11 ↑ +30%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $3,802.25 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,915.75 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,972.50 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,234.00 ↑ +54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $4,256.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,369.75 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,483.25 ↑ +63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +63%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +63%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +63%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +63%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4,484.02 ↑ +63%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +63%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +63%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $4,484.02 ↑ +63%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +63%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +63%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $4,708.22 ↑ +71%
HPN Medicare|Senior $4,932.42 ↑ +79%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4,995.20 ↑ +81%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $5,072.60 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $5,072.60 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +88%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $5,605.02 ↑ +104%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $5,605.03 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +132%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $11,062.00 ↑ +302%

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Conversion ext bil drg cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,075.64 $1,534.87 – $8,890.24
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $7,210.38 $2,937.00 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,524.35 $1,014.52 – $5,780.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,312.02 $1,014.52 – $5,780.04
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,054.60 $1,014.52 – $4,484.02
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,693.71 $1,014.52 – $4,484.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,805.04 $5,083.67 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,970.68 $4,604.99 – $17,611.00

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