Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 1.1 - 2.0 cm at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$478.21
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.
$986.00
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.
$82.45 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.
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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| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $82.45 | ↓ -83% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $82.45 | ↓ -83% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $82.45 | ↓ -83% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $82.45 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $112.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $112.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $116.97 | ↓ -76% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $116.97 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $123.68 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $123.68 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $128.83 | ↓ -73% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $129.97 | ↓ -73% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $129.97 | ↓ -73% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $132.93 | ↓ -72% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $132.93 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $181.96 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $181.96 | ↓ -62% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $246.50 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $246.50 | ↓ -48% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $290.22 | ↓ -39% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $611.32 | ↑ +28% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $649.85 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $649.85 | ↑ +36% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $680.34 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $690.20 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $739.50 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $759.22 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $778.94 | ↑ +63% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +87% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +87% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +87% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +87% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +87% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +87% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $893.98 | ↑ +87% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +87% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $893.98 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +87% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +87% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +87% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $938.68 | ↑ +96% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $983.38 | ↑ +106% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $995.90 | ↑ +108% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,117.47 | ↑ +134% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $1,117.47 | ↑ +134% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,768.00 | ↑ +479% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,131.00 | ↑ +764% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,603.00 | ↑ +1072% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $15,561.00 | ↑ +3154% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,577.00 | ↑ +4830% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $29,023.00 | ↑ +5969% |
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Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 1.1 - 2.0 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 | $281.06 | $78.39 – $296.94 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $513.44 | $82.45 – $1,105.21 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,461.15 | $1,005.45 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,469.82 | $910.78 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,628.43 | $954.10 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,012.86 | $3,331.00 – $20,799.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,406.07 | $985.34 – $4,042.00 |