Cta abdomen without & /or 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

$1,830.39

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.

$3,774.00

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 Preferred IPA vs $2,981.46 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
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -88%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -88%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -88%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $226.19 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $226.19 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -88%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -88%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $237.50 ↓ -87%
HPN Medicare|Senior $248.81 ↓ -86%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $249.46 ↓ -86%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $249.46 ↓ -86%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $251.98 ↓ -86%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $277.18 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $277.18 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $277.18 ↓ -85%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $277.18 ↓ -85%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $277.18 ↓ -85%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $277.18 ↓ -85%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $282.74 ↓ -85%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $282.74 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $346.48 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $375.86 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $375.86 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $388.05 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $388.05 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|PPO $401.74 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $415.77 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $415.77 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $535.00 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $596.00 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $656.00 ↓ -64%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $743.00 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $811.00 ↓ -56%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $943.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $943.50 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $975.67 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $998.00 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,385.90 ↓ -24%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,385.90 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,570.00 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,570.00 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,035.85 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,035.85 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,035.85 ↑ +11%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2,339.88 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,604.06 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,641.80 ↑ +44%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,905.98 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,981.46 ↑ +63%

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Cta abdomen without & /or w/contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,495.77 $226.19 – $2,663.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,380.70 $35.60 – $4,058.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $10,965.51 $236.37 – $2,004.67
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,778.77 $226.19 – $3,420.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8,650.68 $277.18 – $2,793.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,552.72 $226.19 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $937.15 $226.19 – $2,020.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $927.05 $226.19 – $1,995.54

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