Ghs plt ct-manual 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

$52.38

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.

$108.00

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.

$3.45 with Noble IPA vs $85.32 with MultiPlan — 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 $3.45 ↓ -93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $3.45 ↓ -93%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $3.83 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $3.83 ↓ -93%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.83 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $3.83 ↓ -93%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.83 ↓ -93%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $3.83 ↓ -93%
HPN Medicare|Senior $4.31 ↓ -92%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4.31 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $4.31 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $4.31 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -92%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -92%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -92%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4.31 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.53 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.79 ↓ -91%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|PPO $5.17 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $5.17 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $5.19 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $5.19 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $5.36 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $5.36 ↓ -90%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -90%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $5.39 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $5.75 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $5.75 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $8.55 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.55 ↓ -84%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $13.48 ↓ -74%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $19.15 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $19.15 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $21.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $21.21 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $25.92 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $27.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $27.00 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $34.37 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $52.03 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $64.06 ↑ +22%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $66.96 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $74.52 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $75.60 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $81.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $83.16 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $85.32 ↑ +63%

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Ghs plt ct-manual at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $74.90 $4.31 – $133.38
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $59.13 $3.83 – $15.68
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $46.60 $3.83 – $167.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $138.25 $4.31 – $11.48
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $44.62 $3.83 – $23.52
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $42.64 $3.83 – $20.58
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $4.22 – $35.17
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $4.31 – $44.45

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