General health panel 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

$686.76

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.

$1,416.00

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.

$54.43 with United vs $1,118.64 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|PPO $54.43 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $54.43 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $81.70 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $81.70 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $173.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $173.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $173.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $239.39 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $339.84 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $354.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $354.00 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $362.44 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $446.25 ↓ -35%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $877.92 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $977.04 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $991.20 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,062.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,090.32 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,118.64 ↑ +63%

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General health panel at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $276.93 $94.56 – $245.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $801.65 $54.43 – $1,835.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $362.31 $140.74 – $533.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $734.22 $54.43 – $1,835.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $105.74 $54.43 – $220.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $250.92 $94.56 – $309.62
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $313.65 $94.56 – $351.11
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $296.31 $351.93 – $351.93

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