Ghs path - pap (papanicolau) smear - vagina 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

$110.10

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.

$227.00

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.

$13.59 with Noble IPA vs $227.00 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $13.59 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $13.59 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $15.10 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $15.10 ↓ -86%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $15.10 ↓ -86%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $15.10 ↓ -86%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $15.10 ↓ -86%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $15.10 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $18.88 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $20.48 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $20.48 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $21.14 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $21.14 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $22.65 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $22.65 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|HMO $26.38 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|PPO $26.38 ↓ -76%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $37.07 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $44.62 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.62 ↓ -59%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $56.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $56.75 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $75.50 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $75.50 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $112.72 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $112.72 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $112.72 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $136.20 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $140.74 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $156.63 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $158.90 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $170.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $174.79 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $179.33 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $206.57 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $227.00 ↑ +106%

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Ghs path - pap (papanicolau) smear - vagina at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $9.93 $6.12 – $59.68
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $86.89 $11.85 – $57.95
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $79.58 $6.40 – $68.13
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $6.62 $5.93 – $48.33
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $122.55 $8.00 – $75.50
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $113.00 $15.10 – $75.50
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $95.85 $8.00 – $50.16
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $94.58 $9.28 – $75.50

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