Exc skn hdrdnt ax smpl/ntrm 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

$4,952.82

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.

$10,212.00

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.

$135.01 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $29,023.00 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.

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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
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $135.01 ↓ -97%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $135.01 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $135.01 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $135.01 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $183.61 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $183.61 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $191.53 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $191.53 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $202.51 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $202.51 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $210.95 ↓ -96%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $212.81 ↓ -96%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $212.81 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $297.93 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $297.93 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $475.24 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,064.05 ↓ -79%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,064.05 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $1,148.11 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $1,148.11 ↓ -77%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2,553.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2,553.00 ↓ -48%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3,636.52 ↓ -27%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↓ -27%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,636.52 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $3,636.52 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↓ -27%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↓ -27%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↓ -27%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↓ -27%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $3,636.52 ↓ -27%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↓ -27%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $3,636.52 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↓ -27%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↓ -27%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,705.00 ↓ -25%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $3,818.35 ↓ -23%
HPN Medicare|Senior $4,000.17 ↓ -19%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4,051.09 ↓ -18%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4,545.65 ↓ -8%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $4,545.65 ↓ -8%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $6,331.44 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,046.28 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7,148.40 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $7,659.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7,863.24 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,067.48 ↑ +63%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $8,158.00 ↑ +65%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $11,062.00 ↑ +123%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +214%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +376%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +486%

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Exc skn hdrdnt ax smpl/ntrm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $437.57 $135.01 – $643.86
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $166.06 – $6,483.96
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,570.00 – $6,619.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $135.01 – $3,636.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $135.01 – $3,636.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $135.01 – $3,636.52
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $135.01 – $3,636.52
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $4,124.29 – $16,652.00

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