External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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

$172.18

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.

$355.00

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.

$88.75 with DHR vs $714.60 with Care 1st — 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $88.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $88.75 ↓ -48%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $128.63 ↓ -25%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $128.63 ↓ -25%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $142.92 ↓ -17%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $142.92 ↓ -17%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $142.92 ↓ -17%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $142.92 ↓ -17%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $142.92 ↓ -17%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $142.92 ↓ -17%
HPN Medicare|Senior $143.75 ↓ -17%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -17%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $143.75 ↓ -17%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -17%
United Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $143.75 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $143.75 ↓ -17%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -17%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -17%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $143.75 ↓ -17%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -17%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -17%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $150.94 ↓ -12%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $160.14 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|PPO $172.50 ↑ +0%
United Commercial|HMO $172.50 ↑ +0%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $179.69 ↑ +4%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $179.69 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $190.18 ↑ +10%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $193.80 ↑ +13%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $193.80 ↑ +13%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $200.09 ↑ +16%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $200.09 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $213.00 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $214.38 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $214.38 ↑ +25%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $220.10 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $244.95 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $248.50 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $266.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $273.35 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $280.45 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $285.18 ↑ +66%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $285.18 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $323.05 ↑ +88%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $350.73 ↑ +104%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $355.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $355.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $355.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $355.00 ↑ +106%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $714.60 ↑ +315%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $714.60 ↑ +315%

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $76.65 $25.65 – $381.42
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $239.52 $28.75 – $249.29
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $156.22 $47.50 – $370.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $116.55 $48.72 – $90.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $143.08 $25.65 – $435.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $87.13 $45.00 – $413.10
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $86.19 $45.00 – $413.10
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $134.10 $9.50 – $76.00

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