Ghs alcohol, methyl (methanol)-medtox at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$8.62
Cash price 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.
$17.77
Gross charge 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.
$4.27 with Blue Shield CA vs $102.50 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4.27 | ↓ -50% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $4.45 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $4.45 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $10.67 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $11.02 | ↑ +28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12.27 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $12.44 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $13.33 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $13.69 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $14.04 | ↑ +63% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.00 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16.18 | ↑ +88% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $17.11 | ↑ +98% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $17.77 | ↑ +106% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $17.97 | ↑ +108% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $19.07 | ↑ +121% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $21.39 | ↑ +148% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $21.39 | ↑ +148% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $26.66 | ↑ +209% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $26.66 | ↑ +209% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $33.94 | ↑ +294% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $33.94 | ↑ +294% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.30 | ↑ +484% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.50 | ↑ +1089% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.50 | ↑ +1089% |
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Ghs alcohol, methyl (methanol)-medtox at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $32.55 | $3.42 – $50.44 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $169.06 | $17.11 – $131.32 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $154.84 | $17.11 – $131.32 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $17.07 | $6.50 – $49.16 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $16.89 | $6.50 – $49.16 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $26.27 | $1.30 – $10.40 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $13.53 | $2.73 – $13.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $104.26 | $14.29 – $131.32 |