Fetal non stress test 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

$356.96

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.

$736.00

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.

$29.43 with Noble IPA vs $6,152.00 with United — 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $29.43 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $29.43 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $32.70 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $32.70 ↓ -91%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $32.70 ↓ -91%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $32.70 ↓ -91%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $32.70 ↓ -91%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $32.70 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $40.88 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $44.34 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $44.34 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $45.78 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $45.78 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $49.05 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $49.05 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $115.10 ↓ -68%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $163.50 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $163.50 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $184.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $184.00 ↓ -48%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -28%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $255.61 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -28%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $255.61 ↓ -28%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $255.61 ↓ -28%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $255.61 ↓ -28%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -28%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -28%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -28%
United Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -28%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $255.61 ↓ -28%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $268.39 ↓ -25%
HPN Medicare|Senior $281.17 ↓ -21%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $284.75 ↓ -20%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $319.51 ↓ -10%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $319.51 ↓ -10%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $356.00 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $375.90 ↑ +5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $507.84 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $515.20 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $552.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $566.72 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $569.10 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $581.44 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $700.70 ↑ +96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $855.00 ↑ +140%
United Commercial|PPO $1,985.00 ↑ +456%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,293.00 ↑ +823%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,603.00 ↑ +1470%
United Commercial|HMO $6,152.00 ↑ +1623%

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Fetal non stress test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $319.74 $49.47 – $447.10
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $738.67 $40.23 – $691.61
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,806.93 $272.45 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $338.12 $32.70 – $774.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $290.87 $32.70 – $727.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $251.54 $32.70 – $555.96
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $248.83 $32.70 – $555.96
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,086.41 $287.05 – $2,747.00

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