Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping 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

$443.78

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.

$915.00

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.

$89.37 with HCLA 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $89.37 ↓ -80%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $89.37 ↓ -80%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $89.37 ↓ -80%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $89.37 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $121.54 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $121.54 ↓ -73%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $127.52 ↓ -71%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $127.52 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $134.06 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $134.06 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $139.64 ↓ -69%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $141.69 ↓ -68%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $141.69 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $198.37 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $198.37 ↓ -55%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $228.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $228.75 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $314.58 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $549.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $567.30 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $631.35 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $640.50 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $686.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $704.55 ↑ +59%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $708.45 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $708.45 ↑ +60%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $709.00 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $722.85 ↑ +63%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $803.00 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $832.65 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $915.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $1,985.00 ↑ +347%
United Commercial|HMO $6,152.00 ↑ +1286%

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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $324.56 $109.93 – $577.98
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $311.52 $2.87 – $128.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $980.22 $191.39 – $719.77
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $580.80 $89.37 – $1,329.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $152.52 $14.75 – $89.37
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $462.56 $89.37 – $763.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $367.67 $89.37 – $792.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $371.04 $89.37 – $991.00

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