ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$3,163.66
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.
$6,523.00
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.
$133.41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $133.41 | ↓ -96% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $133.41 | ↓ -96% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $139.53 | ↓ -96% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $139.53 | ↓ -96% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $155.03 | ↓ -95% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $155.03 | ↓ -95% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $155.03 | ↓ -95% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $155.03 | ↓ -95% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $155.03 | ↓ -95% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $155.03 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $193.79 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $210.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $210.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $217.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $217.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $232.55 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $232.55 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $545.71 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $775.15 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $775.15 | ↓ -75% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $779.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $779.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -75% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -75% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $817.95 | ↓ -74% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $856.90 | ↓ -73% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $867.81 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $973.75 | ↓ -69% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $973.75 | ↓ -69% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,514.25 | ↓ -52% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,514.25 | ↓ -52% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $3,634.20 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,815.91 | ↑ +21% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,937.05 | ↑ +24% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $4,058.19 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,118.76 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,118.76 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,118.76 | ↑ +30% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,179.33 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $4,542.75 | ↑ +44% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,663.89 | ↑ +47% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,663.89 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $4,785.03 | ↑ +51% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,785.03 | ↑ +51% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,785.03 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $7,471.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $8,795.00 | ↑ +178% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,319.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,945.00 | ↑ +278% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13,934.00 | ↑ +340% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $15,803.00 | ↑ +400% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $16,509.00 | ↑ +422% |
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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,060.79 | $226.60 – $3,279.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $3,441.94 | $122.62 – $2,525.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,458.42 | $802.54 – $818.92 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,593.02 | $155.03 – $3,316.32 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,886.78 | $138.93 – $526.26 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,459.03 | $155.03 – $3,392.76 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,521.69 | $155.03 – $5,573.54 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,494.50 | $155.03 – $5,573.54 |