Drug test def 22+ classes 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

$87.30

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.

$180.00

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.

$43.20 with Blue Shield CA vs $860.90 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.

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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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $43.20 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $45.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $45.00 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $108.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $111.60 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $124.20 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $126.00 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $135.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $138.60 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $142.20 ↑ +63%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $154.96 ↑ +78%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $154.96 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $163.80 ↑ +88%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $172.18 ↑ +97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $172.18 ↑ +97%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $172.18 ↑ +97%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $172.18 ↑ +97%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $172.18 ↑ +97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $172.18 ↑ +97%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $180.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $180.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $180.00 ↑ +106%
United Medicare|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $180.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $180.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $180.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $180.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $180.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $180.00 ↑ +106%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $180.00 ↑ +106%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +106%
HPN Medicare|Senior $180.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +106%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +106%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $180.00 ↑ +106%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $180.00 ↑ +106%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $189.00 ↑ +116%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $200.52 ↑ +130%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $225.00 ↑ +158%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $225.00 ↑ +158%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $258.27 ↑ +196%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $258.27 ↑ +196%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $489.85 ↑ +461%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $489.85 ↑ +461%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $606.07 ↑ +594%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $860.90 ↑ +886%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $860.90 ↑ +886%

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Drug test def 22+ classes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $77.04 $90.00 – $636.22
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $119.88 $97.44 – $180.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $70.56 $48.60 – $747.93
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $66.78 $90.00 – $709.57
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.06 $90.00 – $709.57
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $102.78 $18.00 – $144.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $52.92 $37.80 – $180.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $140.04 $93.60 – $180.00

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