Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs > 4.0 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

$2,947.35

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.

$6,077.00

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.

$221.72 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 $221.72 ↓ -92%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $221.72 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $221.72 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $221.72 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $301.54 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $301.54 ↓ -90%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $314.57 ↓ -89%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $314.57 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $332.58 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $332.58 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $346.44 ↓ -88%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $349.52 ↓ -88%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $349.52 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $489.33 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $489.33 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $665.53 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $665.53 ↓ -77%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $780.45 ↓ -74%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,519.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,519.25 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,747.60 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,747.60 ↓ -41%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $2,058.68 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -30%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -30%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -30%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -30%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -30%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -30%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -30%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -30%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $2,058.68 ↓ -30%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $2,161.61 ↓ -27%
HPN Medicare|Senior $2,264.55 ↓ -23%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $2,293.37 ↓ -22%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $2,573.35 ↓ -13%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $2,573.35 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,705.00 ↑ +26%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $3,767.74 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,193.13 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,253.90 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $4,557.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,679.29 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,800.83 ↑ +63%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $6,502.00 ↑ +121%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $8,818.00 ↑ +199%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +428%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +700%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +885%

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Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs > 4.0 cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,448.09 $226.00 – $4,719.20
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,036.03 $2,225.71 – $4,657.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $453.55 $168.94 – $639.94
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,375.69 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,395.58 $2,124.23 – $9,858.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,842.63 $2,225.27 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,005.32 $8,005.00 – $25,998.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,247.68 $2,298.14 – $4,737.00

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