Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn 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

$94.58

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.

$195.00

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.

$48.75 with DHR vs $304.60 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $48.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $48.75 ↓ -48%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $54.83 ↓ -42%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $54.83 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|HMO $59.71 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|PPO $59.71 ↓ -37%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $60.92 ↓ -36%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $60.92 ↓ -36%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $60.92 ↓ -36%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $60.92 ↓ -36%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $60.92 ↓ -36%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $60.92 ↓ -36%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -28%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -28%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $67.89 ↓ -28%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -28%
United Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $67.89 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $67.89 ↓ -28%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -28%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -28%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -28%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $67.89 ↓ -28%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -28%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $71.28 ↓ -25%
HPN Medicare|Senior $74.68 ↓ -21%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $75.63 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $76.15 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $78.96 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $78.96 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $82.61 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $82.61 ↓ -13%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $84.86 ↓ -10%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $84.86 ↓ -10%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $85.29 ↓ -10%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $85.29 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $91.38 ↓ -3%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $91.38 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $117.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $120.90 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $134.55 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $136.50 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $146.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $150.15 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $154.05 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $177.45 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $195.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $195.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $195.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $195.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $214.44 ↑ +127%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $304.60 ↑ +222%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $304.60 ↑ +222%

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Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $27.96 $10.69 – $100.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $282.54 $70.23 – $360.90
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $18.03 $21.06 – $102.55
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $35.97 $11.21 – $43.31
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $16.52 $11.38 – $120.55
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $43.41 $29.21 – $114.37
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $42.94 $29.21 – $114.37
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $436.56 $73.99 – $456.09

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