I131 iodide cap, rx 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

$461.72

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.

$952.00

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.

$29.39 with Health Net vs $2,917.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $29.39 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $29.39 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $29.39 ↓ -94%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $29.39 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $29.39 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $29.39 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $29.39 ↓ -94%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $29.39 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $29.39 ↓ -94%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $29.39 ↓ -94%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $29.39 ↓ -94%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $29.39 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $29.39 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $29.39 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $30.86 ↓ -93%
HPN Medicare|Senior $32.33 ↓ -93%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $32.75 ↓ -93%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $36.74 ↓ -92%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $36.74 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $38.16 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|PPO $38.16 ↓ -92%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $60.00 ↓ -87%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $60.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $89.54 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $89.54 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $89.54 ↓ -81%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $137.05 ↓ -70%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $137.05 ↓ -70%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $148.80 ↓ -68%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $152.28 ↓ -67%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $152.28 ↓ -67%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $152.28 ↓ -67%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $152.28 ↓ -67%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $152.28 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $152.28 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $153.60 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $153.60 ↓ -67%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $165.60 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $168.00 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $180.00 ↓ -61%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $184.80 ↓ -60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $189.60 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $190.35 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $206.49 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $206.49 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $213.19 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $213.19 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $228.42 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $228.42 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $230.40 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $240.00 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $536.03 ↑ +16%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $761.40 ↑ +65%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $761.40 ↑ +65%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +532%

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I131 iodide cap, rx at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $31.10 $19.17 – $261.92
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $26.11 $29.39 – $75.03
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $23.92 $16.47 – $61.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $82.37 $29.39 – $222.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $81.48 $29.39 – $222.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $19.41 $13.86 – $66.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $114.33 $27.18 – $208.68
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $24.00 $21.50 – $394.74

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