CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation 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

$456.87

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.

$942.00

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.

$134.93 with Noble IPA vs $2,917.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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 $134.93 ↓ -70%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $134.93 ↓ -70%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $149.92 ↓ -67%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $149.92 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $149.92 ↓ -67%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $149.92 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $149.92 ↓ -67%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $149.92 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $203.29 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $203.29 ↓ -56%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $209.89 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $209.89 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $224.88 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $224.88 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $235.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $235.50 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $281.16 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $464.94 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $464.94 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $464.94 ↑ +2%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $527.72 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $565.20 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $584.04 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $596.00 ↑ +30%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $649.98 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $659.40 ↑ +44%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $725.34 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $744.18 ↑ +63%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $749.60 ↑ +64%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $749.60 ↑ +64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $857.22 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $942.00 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,570.00 ↑ +244%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,570.00 ↑ +244%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,622.00 ↑ +474%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +538%

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CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $629.41 $226.81 – $1,437.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $593.03 $172.46 – $1,136.84
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,287.24 $421.94 – $731.59
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $766.55 $149.92 – $1,756.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,798.20 $149.92 – $904.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $675.03 $149.92 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $843.29 $149.92 – $1,818.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $834.20 $149.92 – $2,250.27

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