Ganciclovir in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$270.15

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.

$557.00

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.

$47.42 with United vs $440.03 with MultiPlan — 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
United Commercial|HMO $47.42 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|PPO $47.42 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $52.70 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $67.07 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $67.07 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $67.07 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $69.26 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $83.44 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $139.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $139.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $139.25 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $149.25 ↓ -45%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $167.10 ↓ -38%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $167.10 ↓ -38%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $194.95 ↓ -28%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $194.95 ↓ -28%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $194.95 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $226.14 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $278.53 ↑ +3%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $345.34 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $384.33 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $384.33 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $384.33 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $389.90 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $417.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $428.89 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $440.03 ↑ +63%

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Ganciclovir in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $133.59 $45.89 – $237.90
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $434.85 $47.42 – $995.68
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $398.28 $47.42 – $995.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $211.10 $45.79 – $198.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $208.83 $47.42 – $195.92
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $192.17 $46.50 – $68.99
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $192.17 $55.46 – $79.24
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $68.80 $47.42 – $191.88

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