Edu/train/pt/nonmd/in person/30 min98960 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

$99.43

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.

$205.00

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.

$23.99 with Noble IPA vs $6,798.00 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 $23.99 ↓ -76%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $23.99 ↓ -76%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $26.66 ↓ -73%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $26.66 ↓ -73%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $26.66 ↓ -73%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $26.66 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $26.66 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $26.66 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $33.33 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $36.15 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $36.15 ↓ -64%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $37.32 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $37.32 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $39.99 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $39.99 ↓ -60%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $51.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $51.25 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $93.84 ↓ -6%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $127.10 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $133.30 ↑ +34%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $133.30 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $141.45 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $143.50 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $153.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $157.85 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $161.95 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|PPO $2,113.00 ↑ +2025%
United Commercial|HMO $6,798.00 ↑ +6737%

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Edu/train/pt/nonmd/in person/30 min98960 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $64.39 $39.69 – $114.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $62.92 $26.66 – $144.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $167.17 $26.66 – $245.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $57.63 $26.66 – $144.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $55.65 $26.66 – $120.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $55.05 $26.66 – $150.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $118.32 not published
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $56.45 $26.66 – $122.18

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