Discography cerv/thor spine 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

$1,895.38

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.

$3,908.00

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.

$129.70 with Noble IPA vs $6,355.58 with Cigna — 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 $129.70 ↓ -93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $129.70 ↓ -93%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $144.11 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $144.11 ↓ -92%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $144.11 ↓ -92%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $144.11 ↓ -92%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $144.11 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $144.11 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $195.41 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $195.41 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $201.75 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $201.75 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $216.17 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $216.17 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $323.84 ↓ -83%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $507.27 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $538.46 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $538.46 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $538.46 ↓ -72%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $720.55 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $720.55 ↓ -62%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $977.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $977.00 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,902.75 ↑ +0%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2,422.96 ↑ +28%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $2,481.19 ↑ +31%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,481.19 ↑ +31%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,481.19 ↑ +31%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,481.19 ↑ +31%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $2,481.19 ↑ +31%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,481.19 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,481.19 ↑ +31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,481.19 ↑ +31%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,481.19 ↑ +31%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $2,481.19 ↑ +31%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $2,481.19 ↑ +31%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $2,481.19 ↑ +31%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $2,481.19 ↑ +31%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $2,481.19 ↑ +31%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,501.12 ↑ +32%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $2,605.25 ↑ +37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,696.52 ↑ +42%
HPN Medicare|Senior $2,729.31 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,735.60 ↑ +44%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $2,764.05 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,880.70 ↑ +52%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $2,931.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,009.16 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,087.32 ↑ +63%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $3,101.49 ↑ +64%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $3,101.49 ↑ +64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,546.84 ↑ +87%
United Commercial|HMO $3,908.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $3,908.00 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6,355.58 ↑ +235%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,355.58 ↑ +235%

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Discography cerv/thor spine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,985.90 $218.03 – $8,500.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,076.47 $144.11 – $8,254.75
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,670.00 $144.11 – $2,158.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,817.70 $144.11 – $9,704.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,644.12 $144.11 – $9,206.42
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,615.61 $144.11 – $9,206.42
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,992.74 $144.11 – $3,357.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $3,967.56 $144.11 – $3,529.00

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