Established Patient Office Visit (level 5) at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$280.33
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.
$578.00
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.
$91.71 with Noble IPA vs $578.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $91.71 | ↓ -67% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $91.71 | ↓ -67% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $101.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $101.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $101.90 | ↓ -64% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $101.90 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.56 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $130.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $138.18 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $138.18 | ↓ -51% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.66 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.66 | ↓ -49% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $144.50 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $144.50 | ↓ -48% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $152.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $152.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $230.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $230.00 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $341.02 | ↑ +22% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $358.36 | ↑ +28% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $358.69 | ↑ +28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $398.82 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $404.60 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $433.50 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $445.06 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $456.62 | ↑ +63% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $509.50 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $509.50 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $520.20 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $578.00 | ↑ +106% |
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Established Patient Office Visit (level 5) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $822.12 | $102.00 – $313.56 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $254.66 | $82.05 – $480.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $317.69 | $71.92 – $272.44 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $233.24 | $82.05 – $470.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $148.27 | $101.90 – $232.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $538.56 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $161.16 | not published |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $143.18 | $82.05 – $399.34 |