Ghs fb removal - incisional 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

$2,247.49

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.

$4,634.00

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.

$121.23 with Noble IPA vs $8,818.00 with Health Net — 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 $121.23 ↓ -95%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $121.23 ↓ -95%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $134.70 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $134.70 ↓ -94%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $134.70 ↓ -94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $134.70 ↓ -94%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $134.70 ↓ -94%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $134.70 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $168.38 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $182.65 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $182.65 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $188.58 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $188.58 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $202.05 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $202.05 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $474.14 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $665.53 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $665.53 ↓ -70%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $673.50 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $673.50 ↓ -70%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,158.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,158.50 ↓ -48%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $2,058.68 ↓ -8%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $2,058.68 ↓ -8%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -8%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -8%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -8%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -8%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -8%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -8%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -8%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $2,161.61 ↓ -4%
HPN Medicare|Senior $2,264.55 ↑ +1%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $2,293.37 ↑ +2%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $2,573.35 ↑ +14%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $2,573.35 ↑ +14%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2,873.08 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,197.46 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,243.80 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↑ +52%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $3,475.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,568.18 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,660.86 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,705.00 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +130%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +184%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $6,502.00 ↑ +189%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $8,818.00 ↑ +292%

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Ghs fb removal - incisional at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $795.41 $203.79 – $3,632.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,036.03 $2,225.71 – $4,657.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $352.98 $126.51 – $479.22
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $891.45 $134.70 – $2,058.68
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,375.69 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,395.58 $2,124.23 – $9,858.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,842.63 $2,225.27 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,290.41 $8,005.00 – $25,998.00

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