Dx bronchoscope/brush 31623 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

$1,255.67

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.

$2,589.00

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.

$242.67 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $29,023.00 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.

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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
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $242.67 ↓ -81%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $242.67 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $242.67 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $242.67 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $330.03 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $330.03 ↓ -74%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $344.28 ↓ -73%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $344.28 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $364.00 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $364.00 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $379.16 ↓ -70%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $382.53 ↓ -70%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $382.53 ↓ -70%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $535.54 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $535.54 ↓ -57%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $647.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $647.25 ↓ -48%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $706.29 ↓ -44%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $706.29 ↓ -44%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $854.20 ↓ -32%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,605.18 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,786.41 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,812.30 ↑ +44%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,912.65 ↑ +52%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,912.65 ↑ +52%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,941.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,993.53 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,045.31 ↑ +63%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11 ↑ +74%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $2,191.11 ↑ +74%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11 ↑ +74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11 ↑ +74%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $2,191.11 ↑ +74%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11 ↑ +74%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $2,191.11 ↑ +74%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11 ↑ +74%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11 ↑ +74%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $2,191.11 ↑ +74%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11 ↑ +74%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11 ↑ +74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,191.11 ↑ +74%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $2,191.11 ↑ +74%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $2,300.67 ↑ +83%
HPN Medicare|Senior $2,410.22 ↑ +92%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $2,440.90 ↑ +94%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $2,738.89 ↑ +118%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $2,738.89 ↑ +118%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,705.00 ↑ +195%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $6,502.00 ↑ +418%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $8,818.00 ↑ +602%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +1139%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +1778%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +2211%

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Dx bronchoscope/brush 31623 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $782.71 $298.48 – $3,574.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $755.85 $242.67 – $1,017.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,402.60 $242.67 – $1,586.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $383.77 $242.67 – $979.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $277.88 $242.67 – $749.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $274.89 $242.67 – $749.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $1,300.17 $227.70 – $2,277.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $720.60 $242.67 – $2,446.68

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