Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$19.89

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.

$41.00

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.

$8.25 with BCBS - Anthem vs $125.20 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.25 ↓ -59%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $8.25 ↓ -59%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $8.25 ↓ -59%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $9.90 ↓ -50%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $9.90 ↓ -50%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $11.55 ↓ -42%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $11.55 ↓ -42%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $11.61 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $14.09 ↓ -29%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $15.63 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18.84 ↓ -5%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $20.46 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $21.34 ↑ +7%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $22.31 ↑ +12%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $22.54 ↑ +13%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $22.54 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.77 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $22.77 ↑ +14%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $22.77 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $23.10 ↑ +16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $24.75 ↑ +24%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $25.04 ↑ +26%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $25.41 ↑ +28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.29 ↑ +32%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $33.00 ↑ +66%
United Commercial|HMO $33.00 ↑ +66%
United Commercial|PPO $33.00 ↑ +66%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $33.00 ↑ +66%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $33.00 ↑ +66%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $33.00 ↑ +66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $33.00 ↑ +66%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.00 ↑ +66%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $33.00 ↑ +66%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $88.14 ↑ +343%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $125.20 ↑ +529%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $125.20 ↑ +529%

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Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $4.33 – $43.07
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $128.14 $4.05 – $44.25
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.10 $7.18 – $52.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $138.41 $53.77 – $203.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $234.81 $14.58 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $81.25 $10.09 – $25.04
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $27.53 $4.40 – $11.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $296.63 $4.39 – $44.25

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