Culture bacteria anaerobic at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$94.09
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.
$194.00
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.
$4.70 with Noble IPA vs $144.57 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $4.70 | ↓ -95% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $4.70 | ↓ -95% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $5.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $5.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.22 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $5.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $5.22 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.08 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.08 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.31 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.31 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.83 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.83 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9.66 | ↓ -90% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $10.14 | ↓ -89% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.77 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $11.59 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11.59 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $12.07 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $12.07 | ↓ -87% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.37 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $19.17 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.17 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.10 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.10 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $37.59 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $43.92 | ↓ -53% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.75 | ↓ -51% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.75 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $46.58 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $46.58 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $46.58 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $56.91 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $70.07 | ↓ -26% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $113.46 | ↑ +21% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $126.27 | ↑ +34% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $128.10 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $137.25 | ↑ +46% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $140.91 | ↑ +50% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $144.57 | ↑ +54% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Culture bacteria anaerobic at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $57.05 | $5.22 – $140.00 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $9.99 | $5.22 – $30.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $9.47 – $38.47 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $9.66 – $48.62 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $9.66 – $55.13 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $9.66 – $37.80 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $55.26 – $55.26 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $9.47 – $41.36 |