Excision benign lesion face/ears/eyelids/nose/lips/muc memb 0.6 - 1.0 cm 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

$1,280.89

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.

$2,641.00

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.

$85.44 with HCLA 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $85.44 ↓ -93%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $85.44 ↓ -93%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $85.44 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $85.44 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $116.20 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $116.20 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $121.22 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $121.22 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $128.16 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $128.16 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $131.68 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $131.68 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $133.51 ↓ -90%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $134.69 ↓ -89%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $134.69 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $188.57 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $188.57 ↓ -85%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $300.75 ↓ -77%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $660.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $660.25 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $673.45 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $673.45 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98 ↓ -30%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -30%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -30%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $893.98 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98 ↓ -30%
United Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -30%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -30%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -30%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -30%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $893.98 ↓ -30%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -30%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $938.68 ↓ -27%
HPN Medicare|Senior $983.38 ↓ -23%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $995.90 ↓ -22%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $1,117.47 ↓ -13%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,117.47 ↓ -13%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,637.42 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,822.29 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,848.70 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,980.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,033.57 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,086.39 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,768.00 ↑ +116%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,131.00 ↑ +223%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,603.00 ↑ +337%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +1115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +1741%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +2166%

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Excision benign lesion face/ears/eyelids/nose/lips/muc memb 0.6 - 1.0 cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,313.76 $954.29 – $2,695.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $282.39 $85.44 – $352.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,889.55 $1,005.45 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,469.82 $910.78 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $797.64 $954.10 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $868.02 $3,331.00 – $25,998.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,406.07 $985.34 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,152.96 $774.16 – $5,171.00

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