ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$517.50

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.

$1,067.00

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.

$18.74 with HCLA vs $7,705.00 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|All Other Plans > 21 $18.74 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $18.74 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $19.59 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $19.59 ↓ -96%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $21.77 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $21.77 ↓ -96%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $21.77 ↓ -96%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $21.77 ↓ -96%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $21.77 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $21.77 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $27.21 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $29.52 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $29.52 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $30.48 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $30.48 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $32.66 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $32.66 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $76.63 ↓ -85%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $108.85 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $108.85 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $111.88 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $111.88 ↓ -78%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -78%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -78%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -78%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -78%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -78%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $117.47 ↓ -77%
HPN Medicare|Senior $123.07 ↓ -76%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $124.64 ↓ -76%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $139.85 ↓ -73%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $139.85 ↓ -73%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $266.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $266.75 ↓ -48%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $598.00 ↑ +16%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $640.20 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $672.21 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $693.55 ↑ +34%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $714.89 ↑ +38%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $725.56 ↑ +40%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $725.56 ↑ +40%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $725.56 ↑ +40%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $736.23 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $800.25 ↑ +55%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $812.00 ↑ +57%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $821.59 ↑ +59%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $821.59 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $842.93 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $842.93 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $842.93 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,197.00 ↑ +131%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,814.00 ↑ +251%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,233.00 ↑ +331%
United Commercial|HMO $7,375.00 ↑ +1325%
United Commercial|PPO $7,705.00 ↑ +1389%

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $370.99 $27.95 – $694.54
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $311.68 $17.06 – $331.74
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $587.01 $113.64 – $115.95
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $350.54 $21.77 – $743.82
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $262.41 $16.04 – $60.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $335.56 $21.77 – $838.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $176.60 $21.77 – $334.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $174.70 $21.77 – $390.32

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