Doppler echo complete 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

$922.96

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.

$1,903.00

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.

$87.87 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $6,152.00 with United — 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
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $87.87 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $87.87 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $87.87 ↓ -90%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $87.87 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $119.50 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $119.50 ↓ -87%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $125.38 ↓ -86%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $125.38 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $131.81 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $131.81 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $137.29 ↓ -85%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $139.31 ↓ -85%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $139.31 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $195.03 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $195.03 ↓ -79%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $309.30 ↓ -66%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $475.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $475.75 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $512.30 ↓ -44%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $696.55 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $696.55 ↓ -25%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $709.00 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $775.60 ↓ -16%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $803.00 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $954.95 ↑ +3%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,179.86 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,313.07 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,332.10 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,427.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,465.31 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,503.37 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|PPO $1,985.00 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|HMO $6,152.00 ↑ +567%

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Doppler echo complete at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $676.28 $108.08 – $1,204.32
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $395.30 $15.58 – $126.34
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $641.58 $258.94 – $489.34
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $600.92 $87.87 – $1,375.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $60.61 $23.55 – $89.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $554.68 $87.87 – $1,260.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $764.64 $87.87 – $1,648.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $774.74 $87.87 – $2,061.00

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