Exchange nephrostomy cath at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$3,971.67
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.
$8,189.00
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.
$391.02 with Noble IPA vs $8,818.00 with Health Net — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $391.02 | ↓ -90% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $391.02 | ↓ -90% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $434.37 | ↓ -89% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $434.47 | ↓ -89% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $434.47 | ↓ -89% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $434.47 | ↓ -89% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $434.47 | ↓ -89% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $434.47 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $542.96 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $589.14 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $589.14 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $608.26 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $608.26 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $651.71 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $651.71 | ↓ -84% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $911.84 | ↓ -77% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $911.84 | ↓ -77% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,364.75 | ↓ -66% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,364.75 | ↓ -66% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,529.33 | ↓ -61% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,172.35 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,172.35 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -34% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $2,602.84 | ↓ -34% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -34% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -34% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -34% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -34% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -34% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $2,602.84 | ↓ -34% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -34% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,732.98 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,768.00 | ↓ -30% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $2,863.12 | ↓ -28% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,899.57 | ↓ -27% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $3,253.55 | ↓ -18% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $3,253.55 | ↓ -18% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $3,275.40 | ↓ -18% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $3,384.58 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,417.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $3,657.53 | ↓ -8% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,766.71 | ↓ -5% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,821.30 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $4,094.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,203.43 | ↑ +6% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,312.61 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,178.00 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,374.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $6,502.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,818.00 | ↑ +122% |
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Exchange nephrostomy cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,049.45 | $646.92 – $4,655.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,299.46 | $434.37 – $6,497.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,931.38 | $434.37 – $6,497.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,505.00 | $434.47 – $3,600.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,850.05 | $434.47 – $3,555.79 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,882.12 | $2,968.05 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,978.73 | $2,688.58 – $9,858.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,270.97 | $283.71 – $1,351.00 |