CT guidance for needle placement at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$1,704.78
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.
$3,515.00
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.
$99.94 with Noble IPA vs $3,492.59 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.94 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $111.05 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $138.81 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $150.58 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $150.58 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.47 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.47 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $166.57 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $166.57 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $390.90 | ↓ -77% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $555.25 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $555.25 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $596.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $640.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $640.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $640.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $656.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $743.00 | ↓ -56% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $878.75 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $878.75 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,570.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,570.00 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,873.65 | ↑ +10% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,179.30 | ↑ +28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,425.35 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,460.50 | ↑ +44% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,706.55 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,776.85 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,836.64 | ↑ +66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,492.59 | ↑ +105% |
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CT guidance for needle placement at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,722.66 | $168.01 – $3,067.74 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $751.92 | $183.23 – $1,441.42 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,071.10 | $111.05 – $4,506.04 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,890.78 | $111.05 – $1,110.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,537.04 | $111.05 – $3,557.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $831.79 | $111.05 – $1,793.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $822.82 | $111.05 – $2,219.58 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,626.61 | $863.09 – $2,423.25 |