Echo transesophageal intraop 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

$762.42

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.

$1,572.00

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.

$230.40 with Noble IPA 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $230.40 ↓ -70%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $230.40 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $256.00 ↓ -66%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $256.00 ↓ -66%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $256.00 ↓ -66%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $256.00 ↓ -66%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $256.00 ↓ -66%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $256.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $320.00 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $347.14 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $347.14 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $358.40 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $358.40 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $384.00 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $384.00 ↓ -50%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $393.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $393.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -9%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $696.67 ↓ -9%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -9%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $696.67 ↓ -9%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -9%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -9%
United Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -9%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $696.67 ↓ -9%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -9%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $696.67 ↓ -9%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $731.50 ↓ -4%
HPN Medicare|Senior $766.34 ↑ +1%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $776.10 ↑ +2%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $870.84 ↑ +14%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $870.84 ↑ +14%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $901.12 ↑ +18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $943.20 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $974.64 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,084.68 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,100.40 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,179.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,210.44 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,241.88 ↑ +63%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,280.00 ↑ +68%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,280.00 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,430.52 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,572.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $1,985.00 ↑ +160%
United Commercial|HMO $6,152.00 ↑ +707%

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Echo transesophageal intraop at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,026.26 $256.00 – $2,565.64
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $806.31 $775.83 – $2,197.46
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,828.32 $597.36 – $1,300.14
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $861.70 $280.31 – $1,300.14
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $1,404.81 $230.40 – $3,267.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $780.85 $542.13 – $1,300.14
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $1,377.89 $256.00 – $7,832.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $1,347.36 $597.36 – $1,300.14

All California hospitals for this procedure →