Dch validity tests 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

$86.82

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.

$179.00

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.

$2.77 with Noble IPA vs $141.41 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.

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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 $2.77 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $2.77 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $3.08 ↓ -96%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.08 ↓ -96%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $3.08 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $3.08 ↓ -96%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.08 ↓ -96%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $3.08 ↓ -96%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $3.48 ↓ -96%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $3.48 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.48 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3.48 ↓ -96%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.48 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $3.48 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $3.48 ↓ -96%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.48 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3.48 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3.48 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $3.48 ↓ -96%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.48 ↓ -96%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $3.48 ↓ -96%
HPN Medicare|Senior $3.48 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $3.48 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $3.65 ↓ -96%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $3.88 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $4.18 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $4.18 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|PPO $4.18 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $4.18 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $4.31 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $4.31 ↓ -95%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -95%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $4.35 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.41 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $4.62 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $4.62 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.90 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6.90 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $7.57 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.63 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.63 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.63 ↓ -85%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $15.40 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $15.40 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $18.96 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $28.70 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $35.34 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $42.96 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $44.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $44.75 ↓ -48%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $110.98 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $123.51 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $125.30 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $134.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $137.83 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $141.41 ↑ +63%

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Dch validity tests at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $42.05 $3.48 – $10.86
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $21.79 $0.70 – $35.89
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $49.47 $3.41 – $19.40
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $62.49 $3.08 – $9.80
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $9.33 $3.08 – $13.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $58.41 $2.70 – $10.53
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $27.09 $3.02 – $24.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $26.80 $3.02 – $23.70

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