ER Visit (level 3) at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$1,551.52
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.
$3,199.00
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.
$55.05 with HCLA vs $16,509.00 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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| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $55.05 | ↓ -96% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $55.05 | ↓ -96% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.57 | ↓ -96% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $57.57 | ↓ -96% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $63.97 | ↓ -96% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $63.97 | ↓ -96% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $63.97 | ↓ -96% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $63.97 | ↓ -96% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $63.97 | ↓ -96% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $63.97 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $79.96 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $86.74 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $86.74 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $95.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $95.95 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $225.17 | ↓ -85% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $319.85 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $319.85 | ↓ -79% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $351.82 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $351.82 | ↓ -77% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -77% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -77% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -77% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -77% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -77% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -77% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $369.41 | ↓ -76% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $387.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $391.93 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $439.77 | ↓ -72% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $439.77 | ↓ -72% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $799.75 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $799.75 | ↓ -48% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,919.40 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,015.37 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,079.35 | ↑ +34% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $2,143.33 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,175.32 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,175.32 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,175.32 | ↑ +40% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,207.31 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $2,399.25 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,463.23 | ↑ +59% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,463.23 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,527.21 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,527.21 | ↑ +63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,527.21 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,874.00 | ↑ +85% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,566.00 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,354.00 | ↑ +181% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,844.00 | ↑ +212% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,360.00 | ↑ +245% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $15,803.00 | ↑ +919% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $16,509.00 | ↑ +964% |
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ER Visit (level 3) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $762.56 | $81.27 – $1,196.38 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,059.08 | $55.38 – $1,065.06 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,925.25 | $367.87 – $375.37 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $828.61 | $63.97 – $1,736.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $746.59 | $46.83 – $177.38 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $758.92 | $63.97 – $1,897.28 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $731.25 | $63.97 – $1,616.22 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $723.36 | $63.97 – $1,616.22 |