CT neck soft tissue without & w/contrast 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

$2,937.16

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.

$6,056.00

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.

$226.19 with Central Health Plan vs $4,784.24 with MultiPlan — 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
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -92%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $226.19 ↓ -92%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -92%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $226.19 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $237.50 ↓ -92%
HPN Medicare|Senior $248.81 ↓ -92%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $251.98 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $277.35 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $277.35 ↓ -91%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $282.74 ↓ -90%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $282.74 ↓ -90%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $308.17 ↓ -90%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $308.17 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $308.17 ↓ -90%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $308.17 ↓ -90%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $308.17 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $308.17 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|PPO $401.74 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $412.68 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $417.88 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $417.88 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $431.44 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $431.44 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $462.25 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $462.25 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $535.00 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $596.00 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $656.00 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $743.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $811.00 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $998.00 ↓ -66%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,084.76 ↓ -63%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,514.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,514.00 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,540.85 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,540.85 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,570.00 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,570.00 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,823.41 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,823.41 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,823.41 ↓ -38%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $3,754.72 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,178.64 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,239.20 ↑ +44%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,663.12 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,784.24 ↑ +63%

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CT neck soft tissue without & w/contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,630.68 $226.19 – $2,903.94
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,105.45 $35.60 – $1,907.99
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,325.82 $236.37 – $1,640.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,449.68 $226.19 – $5,941.74
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,854.14 $308.17 – $2,214.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,740.08 $226.19 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,967.42 $226.19 – $4,242.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,946.21 $226.19 – $4,189.37

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