Cytopath c/v index add-on 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

$10.19

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.

$21.00

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.

$5.25 with DHR vs $46.75 with Care 1st — 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $5.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $5.25 ↓ -48%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $8.41 ↓ -17%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $8.41 ↓ -17%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $9.35 ↓ -8%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $9.35 ↓ -8%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $9.35 ↓ -8%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $9.35 ↓ -8%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $9.35 ↓ -8%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $9.35 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $12.60 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $12.68 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $12.68 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $13.02 ↑ +28%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $13.09 ↑ +28%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $13.09 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $14.02 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $14.02 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14.49 ↑ +42%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $14.65 ↑ +44%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.65 ↑ +44%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $14.65 ↑ +44%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $14.65 ↑ +44%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14.65 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $14.65 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $14.65 ↑ +44%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14.65 ↑ +44%
HPN Medicare|Senior $14.65 ↑ +44%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $14.65 ↑ +44%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $14.65 ↑ +44%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $14.65 ↑ +44%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14.65 ↑ +44%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $14.65 ↑ +44%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $14.65 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14.70 ↑ +44%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $15.38 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $15.75 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.84 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $16.17 ↑ +59%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $16.33 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $16.59 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|PPO $17.58 ↑ +73%
United Commercial|HMO $17.58 ↑ +73%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $18.31 ↑ +80%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $18.31 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $19.11 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $21.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $21.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $21.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $22.95 ↑ +125%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.06 ↑ +185%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $29.06 ↑ +185%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $46.75 ↑ +359%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $46.75 ↑ +359%

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Cytopath c/v index add-on at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $25.37 $2.75 – $46.75
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $23.86 $9.35 – $61.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $20.22 $9.35 – $49.60
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $20.65 $9.35 – $50.84
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro $33.95 $14.65 – $29.30
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $33.95 $14.65 – $34.82
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $14.36 – $48.91
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $14.65 – $61.81

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