Ghs histoplasma antigen 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

$21.83

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.

$45.00

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.

$10.80 with Blue Shield CA vs $72.45 with Blue Shield CA — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10.80 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $11.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $11.25 ↓ -48%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $13.04 ↓ -40%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $13.04 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -39%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -39%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $13.25 ↓ -39%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -39%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $13.25 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $13.25 ↓ -39%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -39%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $13.25 ↓ -39%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -39%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -39%
HPN Medicare|Senior $13.25 ↓ -39%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -39%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $13.91 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $14.41 ↓ -34%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $14.49 ↓ -34%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $14.49 ↓ -34%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $14.49 ↓ -34%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $14.49 ↓ -34%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $14.49 ↓ -34%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $14.49 ↓ -34%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $14.77 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|HMO $15.90 ↓ -27%
United Commercial|PPO $15.90 ↓ -27%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $16.56 ↓ -24%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $16.56 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $19.65 ↓ -10%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $19.65 ↓ -10%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $20.29 ↓ -7%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $20.29 ↓ -7%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $21.73 ↓ -0%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $21.73 ↓ -0%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.28 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $26.28 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $27.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $27.90 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $31.05 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $31.50 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $33.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $34.65 ↑ +59%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $35.55 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $35.55 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $40.95 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $45.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $45.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $45.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $45.00 ↑ +106%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $72.45 ↑ +232%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $72.45 ↑ +232%

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Ghs histoplasma antigen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $19.71 $9.45 – $35.15
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $56.36 $2.65 – $97.97
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $58.97 $12.98 – $73.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $19.26 $13.25 – $34.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $29.97 $13.25 – $44.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17.64 $9.45 – $40.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $32.65 $13.25 – $38.06
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $32.30 $13.25 – $38.06

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