Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) 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

$928.29

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.

$1,914.00

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.

$99.55 with Inland Empire Health Plan 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
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $99.55 ↓ -89%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $99.55 ↓ -89%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $99.55 ↓ -89%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $99.55 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $135.39 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $135.39 ↓ -85%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $141.22 ↓ -85%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $141.22 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $149.32 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $149.32 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $155.54 ↓ -83%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $156.91 ↓ -83%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $156.91 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $219.67 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $219.67 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $324.70 ↓ -65%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $324.70 ↓ -65%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $350.42 ↓ -62%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $478.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $478.50 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $784.55 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $784.55 ↓ -15%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $848.09 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $848.09 ↓ -9%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -9%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -9%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -9%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $848.09 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -9%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -9%
United Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -9%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -9%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $848.09 ↓ -9%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $890.49 ↓ -4%
HPN Medicare|Senior $932.90 ↑ +0%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $944.78 ↑ +2%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,060.11 ↑ +14%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $1,060.11 ↑ +14%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,186.68 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,320.66 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,339.80 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,435.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,473.78 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,512.06 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,768.00 ↑ +198%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,131.00 ↑ +345%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,603.00 ↑ +504%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +1576%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +2440%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +3027%

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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,450.44 $939.68 – $2,695.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $223.78 $76.32 – $289.10
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,173.62 $990.07 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,532.66 $896.84 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,078.14 $939.50 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $957.27 $3,331.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,870.68 $970.26 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,092.48 $762.31 – $5,171.00

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