Csf leakage imaging 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

$773.09

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.

$1,594.00

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.

$191.00 with Noble IPA vs $4,729.96 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 $191.00 ↓ -75%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $191.00 ↓ -75%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $212.22 ↓ -73%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $212.22 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $212.22 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $212.22 ↓ -73%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $212.22 ↓ -73%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $212.22 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $265.28 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $287.77 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $287.77 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $297.11 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $297.11 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $318.33 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $318.33 ↓ -59%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $398.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $398.50 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $747.01 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $956.40 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $988.28 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,020.16 ↑ +32%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,061.10 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,061.10 ↑ +37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,099.86 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,115.80 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,195.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,227.38 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,259.26 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,450.54 ↑ +88%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $1,594.00 ↑ +106%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +115%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +115%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $1,673.70 ↑ +116%
HPN Medicare|Senior $1,753.40 ↑ +127%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $1,775.72 ↑ +130%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $1,992.50 ↑ +158%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,992.50 ↑ +158%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +277%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,729.96 ↑ +512%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,729.96 ↑ +512%

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Csf leakage imaging at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $901.85 $321.07 – $6,326.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,876.64 $212.22 – $10,633.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,729.60 $212.22 – $2,120.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,891.78 $212.22 – $7,222.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,248.05 $212.22 – $6,851.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,234.59 $212.22 – $6,851.62
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $959.62 $212.22 – $1,826.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,957.00 $212.22 – $1,741.00

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