Creatine kinase isoenzymes 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

$4.37

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.

$9.00

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.

$2.16 with Blue Shield CA vs $85.35 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 $2.16 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2.25 ↓ -49%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2.25 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5.40 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $5.58 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6.21 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6.30 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $6.75 ↑ +54%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6.93 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7.11 ↑ +63%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $8.10 ↑ +85%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $8.10 ↑ +85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8.19 ↑ +87%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $9.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $9.00 ↑ +106%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9.00 ↑ +106%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $9.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $9.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $9.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $9.00 ↑ +106%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $9.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $9.00 ↑ +106%
HPN Medicare|Senior $9.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $9.00 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $9.00 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $9.00 ↑ +106%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $9.00 ↑ +106%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $9.45 ↑ +116%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $10.03 ↑ +130%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $11.25 ↑ +157%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $11.25 ↑ +157%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $13.50 ↑ +209%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $13.50 ↑ +209%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.55 ↑ +508%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $26.55 ↑ +508%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $31.68 ↑ +625%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $85.35 ↑ +1853%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $85.35 ↑ +1853%

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Creatine kinase isoenzymes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3.95 $2.43 – $35.51
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.63 $2.68 – $19.64
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $26.69 $13.12 – $109.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3.86 $4.50 – $34.49
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $6.00 $4.88 – $9.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3.53 $2.43 – $40.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3.87 $5.22 – $38.46
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3.83 $5.22 – $38.46

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