Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$116.40
Cash price 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.
$240.00
Gross charge 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.
$7.44 with Blue Shield CA vs $61.25 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7.44 | ↓ -94% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.75 | ↓ -93% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.75 | ↓ -93% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $9.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $10.20 | ↓ -91% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.82 | ↓ -91% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $11.03 | ↓ -91% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $11.03 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11.65 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $11.65 | ↓ -90% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $12.14 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $12.14 | ↓ -90% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $12.25 | ↓ -89% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.25 | ↓ -89% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.25 | ↓ -89% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $12.25 | ↓ -89% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $12.25 | ↓ -89% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $12.25 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.98 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.15 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.15 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.38 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.38 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $18.60 | ↓ -84% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $19.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.26 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $19.26 | ↓ -83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $21.39 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $21.70 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $23.25 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $23.87 | ↓ -79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $24.49 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28.21 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.06 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $31.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $31.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $31.00 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $31.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $61.25 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $61.25 | ↓ -47% |
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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $78.41 | $1.35 – $25.76 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $18.78 | $1.64 – $14.09 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $257.04 | $9.52 – $79.25 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $206.73 | $2.50 – $25.01 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $109.23 | $9.71 – $23.80 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $189.34 | $1.35 – $29.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $80.14 | $2.50 – $27.90 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $79.28 | $2.50 – $27.90 |