Drainage of kidney lesion at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$1,172.25
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.
$2,417.00
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.
$81.18 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $6,374.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.18 | ↓ -93% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.18 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $81.18 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $81.18 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $110.40 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $110.40 | ↓ -91% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.16 | ↓ -90% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.16 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $121.77 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $121.77 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $126.84 | ↓ -89% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $127.96 | ↓ -89% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $127.96 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.14 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.14 | ↓ -85% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $285.75 | ↓ -76% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $355.90 | ↓ -70% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $355.90 | ↓ -70% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $471.00 | ↓ -60% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $471.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $639.80 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $639.80 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -24% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $893.98 | ↓ -24% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -24% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -24% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -24% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -24% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -24% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $893.98 | ↓ -24% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -24% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $938.68 | ↓ -20% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $983.38 | ↓ -16% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $995.90 | ↓ -15% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,117.47 | ↓ -5% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $1,117.47 | ↓ -5% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,130.40 | ↓ -4% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,168.08 | ↓ -0% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,262.28 | ↑ +8% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,299.96 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,318.80 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $1,413.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,450.68 | ↑ +24% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,488.36 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,768.00 | ↑ +136% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,417.00 | ↑ +191% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,131.00 | ↑ +252% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,178.00 | ↑ +342% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,603.00 | ↑ +378% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,374.00 | ↑ +444% |
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Drainage of kidney lesion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $754.68 | $99.85 – $1,628.92 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,440.20 | $116.72 – $1,783.83 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,095.06 | $81.18 – $2,986.06 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,136.86 | $81.18 – $1,466.08 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,918.84 | $81.18 – $1,940.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,576.38 | $81.18 – $1,044.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,559.39 | $81.18 – $1,031.74 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,637.72 | $1,005.45 – $6,200.00 |