Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast 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

$675.61

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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.

$1,393.00

Gross charge

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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.

$348.25 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

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 $348.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $348.25 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -33%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -33%
United Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -33%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $453.77 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $453.77 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $453.77 ↓ -33%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -33%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -33%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $453.77 ↓ -33%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -33%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -33%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -33%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $476.46 ↓ -29%
HPN Medicare|Senior $499.15 ↓ -26%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $505.50 ↓ -25%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $567.21 ↓ -16%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $567.21 ↓ -16%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $863.66 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $961.17 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $975.10 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,044.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,072.61 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,100.47 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|PPO $1,985.00 ↑ +194%
United Commercial|HMO $6,152.00 ↑ +811%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $745.04 $453.77 – $1,326.78
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $781.32 $470.15 – $479.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $906.51 $453.77 – $2,075.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $830.26 $453.77 – $2,075.64
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $496.40 $453.77 – $1,070.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $642.25 $453.77 – $1,057.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,273.98 $495.35 – $495.35
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $796.62 $448.71 – $448.71

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