Cystoscopy and treatment 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

$2,798.94

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.

$5,771.00

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.

$474.26 with Noble IPA vs $29,023.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $474.26 ↓ -83%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $474.26 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $526.96 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $526.96 ↓ -81%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $526.96 ↓ -81%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $526.96 ↓ -81%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $526.96 ↓ -81%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $526.96 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $658.70 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $714.56 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $714.56 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $737.74 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $737.74 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $790.44 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $790.44 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $911.84 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $911.84 ↓ -67%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,442.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,442.75 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,854.90 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,602.84 ↓ -7%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↓ -7%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $2,602.84 ↓ -7%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↓ -7%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $2,602.84 ↓ -7%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↓ -7%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↓ -7%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $2,602.84 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↓ -7%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↓ -7%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↓ -7%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↓ -7%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↓ -7%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $2,602.84 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,634.80 ↓ -6%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,634.80 ↓ -6%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $2,732.98 ↓ -2%
HPN Medicare|Senior $2,863.12 ↑ +2%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $2,899.57 ↑ +4%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $3,253.55 ↑ +16%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $3,253.55 ↑ +16%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $3,578.02 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,705.00 ↑ +32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,981.99 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,039.70 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $4,328.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,443.67 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,559.09 ↑ +63%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $6,502.00 ↑ +132%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $8,818.00 ↑ +215%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +456%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +742%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +937%

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Cystoscopy and treatment at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $498.84 $193.77 – $734.02
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $797.24 – $4,655.74
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,570.00 – $6,619.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $526.96 – $2,602.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $526.96 – $2,602.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $526.96 – $2,602.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $526.96 – $2,602.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $2,968.05 – $10,593.00

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