Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 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

$300.22

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.

$619.00

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.

$154.75 with DHR 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
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $154.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $154.75 ↓ -48%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $181.00 ↓ -40%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $205.00 ↓ -32%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $222.61 ↓ -26%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $222.61 ↓ -26%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $247.34 ↓ -18%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $247.34 ↓ -18%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $247.34 ↓ -18%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $247.34 ↓ -18%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $247.34 ↓ -18%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $247.34 ↓ -18%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↑ +2%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↑ +2%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↑ +2%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↑ +2%
United Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↑ +2%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $307.13 ↑ +2%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $307.13 ↑ +2%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $307.13 ↑ +2%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $307.13 ↑ +2%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↑ +2%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $307.13 ↑ +2%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $309.18 ↑ +3%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $322.49 ↑ +7%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $335.39 ↑ +12%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $335.39 ↑ +12%
HPN Medicare|Senior $337.84 ↑ +13%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $342.15 ↑ +14%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $346.28 ↑ +15%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $346.28 ↑ +15%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $371.01 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $371.01 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $371.40 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $383.78 ↑ +28%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $383.91 ↑ +28%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $383.91 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $427.11 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $433.30 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $464.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $476.63 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $489.01 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $563.29 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $619.00 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $832.86 ↑ +177%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $832.86 ↑ +177%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $870.64 ↑ +190%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,236.70 ↑ +312%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,236.70 ↑ +312%
United Commercial|PPO $1,985.00 ↑ +561%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,293.00 ↑ +997%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,603.00 ↑ +1766%
United Commercial|HMO $6,152.00 ↑ +1949%

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Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $255.36 $157.41 – $1,113.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $251.67 $173.34 – $1,271.67
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $175.12 $236.00 – $1,206.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $173.23 $236.00 – $1,206.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $167.58 $59.85 – $285.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $342.21 $332.01 – $1,467.07
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $475.36 $146.64 – $611.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $315.18 $247.34 – $612.00

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