Covid-19 lab test non-cdc 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

$82.45

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.

$170.00

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.

$34.56 with Blue Shield CA vs $256.55 with Care 1st — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $34.56 ↓ -58%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $36.00 ↓ -56%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $36.00 ↓ -56%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $46.18 ↓ -44%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $46.18 ↓ -44%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $51.31 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
United Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $51.31 ↓ -38%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $51.31 ↓ -38%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
HPN Medicare|Senior $51.31 ↓ -38%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $51.31 ↓ -38%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $51.31 ↓ -38%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $51.31 ↓ -38%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -38%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $53.88 ↓ -35%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $57.16 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|HMO $61.57 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|PPO $61.57 ↓ -25%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $64.14 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $64.14 ↓ -22%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $64.14 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $69.58 ↓ -16%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $69.58 ↓ -16%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $71.83 ↓ -13%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $71.83 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $76.97 ↓ -7%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $76.97 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $86.40 ↑ +5%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $89.28 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $99.36 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $100.80 ↑ +22%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $110.88 ↑ +34%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $113.76 ↑ +38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $131.04 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $144.00 ↑ +75%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $180.61 ↑ +119%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $256.55 ↑ +211%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $256.55 ↑ +211%

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Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $43.80 $27.00 – $102.62
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $50.00 – $98.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $102.57 $51.31 – $150.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $39.20 $27.00 – $98.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $65.30 $34.50 – $69.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $64.60 $34.50 – $69.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $103.93 $6.90 – $55.20
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $48.51 $14.49 – $69.00

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