Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12044 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

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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.

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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.

$124.32 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $29,023.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $124.32
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $124.32
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $124.32
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $124.32
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $169.08
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $169.08
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $176.37
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $176.37
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $186.48
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $186.48
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $194.25
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $195.97
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $195.97
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $274.36
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $274.36
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $289.98
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $289.98
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $437.61
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $777.77
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $777.77
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $777.77
Molina Medicare|All Plans $777.77
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $777.77
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $777.77
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $777.77
Health Net Medicare|Senior $777.77
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $777.77
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $777.77
United Medicare|All Plans $777.77
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $777.77
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $777.77
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $777.77
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $816.66
HPN Medicare|Senior $855.55
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $866.44
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $972.21
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $972.21
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $979.85
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $979.85
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,705.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,131.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,603.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise not published by hospital
HPN Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12044 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,754.51 $995.98 – $2,570.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $378.29 $79.17 – $299.88
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,826.82 $1,049.38 – $7,483.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,077.23 $950.57 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,121.09 $995.78 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,083.35 $3,331.00 – $25,998.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,147.10 $1,028.39 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,375.20 $807.98 – $6,920.00

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