CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear without 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

$2,290.66

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.

$4,723.00

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.

$135.12 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,731.17 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $135.12 ↓ -94%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -94%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -94%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $135.12 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -94%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -94%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $141.88 ↓ -94%
HPN Medicare|Senior $148.63 ↓ -94%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $150.53 ↓ -93%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $168.90 ↓ -93%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $168.90 ↓ -93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $196.67 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $196.67 ↓ -91%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $218.52 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $218.52 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $218.52 ↓ -90%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $218.52 ↓ -90%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $218.52 ↓ -90%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $218.52 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|PPO $245.18 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $296.31 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $296.31 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $305.93 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $305.93 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $327.78 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $327.78 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $380.14 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $535.00 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $596.00 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $656.00 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $743.00 ↓ -68%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $769.19 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $811.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $998.00 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,092.60 ↓ -52%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,092.60 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,165.63 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,165.63 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,165.63 ↓ -49%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,180.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,180.75 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,570.00 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,570.00 ↓ -31%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2,928.26 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,258.87 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,306.10 ↑ +44%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,636.71 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,731.17 ↑ +63%

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear without contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,839.17 $135.12 – $3,275.22
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $832.32 $21.27 – $1,436.57
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,002.88 $140.89 – $1,099.52
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,296.84 $135.12 – $2,455.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,129.54 $218.52 – $1,509.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,028.22 $125.82 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,129.33 $135.12 – $2,435.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,117.15 $135.12 – $2,404.76

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