CT bone density axial at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$141.62
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.
$292.00
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.
$73.00 with DHR vs $1,570.00 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.
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 |
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| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $73.00 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $73.00 | ↓ -48% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $111.88 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -21% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -21% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -21% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -21% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -21% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $111.88 | ↓ -21% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -21% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -21% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $117.47 | ↓ -17% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $123.07 | ↓ -13% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $124.64 | ↓ -12% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $139.85 | ↓ -1% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $139.85 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $175.20 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $181.04 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $182.03 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $182.03 | ↑ +29% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $201.48 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $204.40 | ↑ +44% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $224.84 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $230.68 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $265.72 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $292.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $292.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $292.00 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $292.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $292.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $292.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $292.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,570.00 | ↑ +1009% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,570.00 | ↑ +1009% |
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CT bone density axial at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $424.58 | $111.88 – $1,756.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,709.96 | $226.88 – $859.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $338.69 | $64.53 – $1,768.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $353.98 | $106.19 – $987.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $117.28 – $671.90 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $123.56 – $849.12 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $111.93 – $962.91 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $117.25 – $384.12 |