Diag bronchoscope/catheter 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

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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.

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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.

$206.35 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $8,818.00 with Health Net — 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
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $206.35
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $206.35
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $206.35
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $206.35
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $280.64
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $280.64
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $292.75
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $292.75
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $309.52
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $309.52
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $322.41
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $325.28
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $325.28
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $455.39
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $455.39
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $706.29
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $706.29
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $726.35
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,626.40
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,626.40
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,191.11
Health Net Medicare|Senior $2,191.11
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $2,191.11
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $2,191.11
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
United Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $2,191.11
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $2,300.67
HPN Medicare|Senior $2,410.22
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $2,440.90
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $2,738.89
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $2,738.89
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,705.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $6,502.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $8,818.00
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise not published by hospital
HPN Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Diag bronchoscope/catheter at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $1,294.38 $167.04 – $3,920.92
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $1,029.84 $167.04 – $3,779.20
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $1,837.64 $167.04 – $3,873.68
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $1,294.38 $206.35 – $4,724.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $1,360.52 $167.04 – $3,920.92
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $253.81 – $4,012.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,398.61 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $206.35 – $2,191.11

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