Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$2,114.60
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.
$4,360.00
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.
$215.78 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.
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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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $215.78 | ↓ -90% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $215.78 | ↓ -90% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $239.76 | ↓ -89% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $239.76 | ↓ -89% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $239.76 | ↓ -89% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $239.76 | ↓ -89% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $239.76 | ↓ -89% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $239.76 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $299.70 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $325.11 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $325.11 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $335.66 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $335.66 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $359.64 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $359.64 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $731.50 | ↓ -65% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $766.34 | ↓ -64% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $776.10 | ↓ -63% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $843.96 | ↓ -60% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $870.84 | ↓ -59% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $870.84 | ↓ -59% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,090.00 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,090.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,198.80 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,198.80 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,903.83 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $1,985.00 | ↓ -6% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,703.20 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,882.33 | ↑ +36% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,008.40 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,052.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $3,270.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,357.20 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,444.40 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,548.85 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,131.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,603.00 | ↑ +165% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,152.00 | ↑ +191% |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,409.00 | $362.73 – $4,290.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,141.65 | $61.91 – $395.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,472.48 | $736.35 – $1,818.47 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,912.74 | $239.76 – $4,379.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,962.04 | $239.76 – $2,064.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,751.85 | $239.76 – $2,408.84 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,231.20 | $239.76 – $4,811.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,207.14 | $239.76 – $4,751.06 |