Dexa bone density study >=1 sites appendicular skeleton (peripheral) 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

$141.62

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.

$292.00

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.

$22.59 with Noble IPA vs $2,917.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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 $22.59 ↓ -84%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $22.59 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $25.10 ↓ -82%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $25.10 ↓ -82%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $25.10 ↓ -82%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $25.10 ↓ -82%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $25.10 ↓ -82%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $25.10 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $31.38 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $34.04 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $34.04 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $35.14 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $35.14 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $37.65 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $37.65 ↓ -73%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $73.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $73.00 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $88.35 ↓ -38%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -21%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -21%
United Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $111.88 ↓ -21%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $111.88 ↓ -21%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -21%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -21%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -21%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $113.58 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $113.58 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $113.58 ↓ -20%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $117.47 ↓ -17%
HPN Medicare|Senior $123.07 ↓ -13%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $124.64 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $125.50 ↓ -11%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $125.50 ↓ -11%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $139.85 ↓ -1%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $139.85 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $175.20 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $181.04 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|PPO $182.03 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|HMO $182.03 ↑ +29%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $186.88 ↑ +32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $201.48 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $204.40 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $219.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $224.84 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $230.68 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $265.72 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $292.00 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $292.78 ↑ +107%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $292.78 ↑ +107%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +1960%

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Dexa bone density study >=1 sites appendicular skeleton (peripheral) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $132.72 $37.97 – $391.59
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $271.58 $17.61 – $401.58
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $232.56 $102.94 – $354.36
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $315.01 $25.10 – $380.27
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $295.71 $7.51 – $28.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $274.01 $25.10 – $447.03
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $115.76 $25.10 – $424.11
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $114.51 $25.10 – $424.11

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