Iliac/fem angio cath insert 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

$1,230.45

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.

$2,537.00

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.

$75.02 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,004.23 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $75.02 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $113.58 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $139.84 ↓ -89%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $634.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $634.25 ↓ -48%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,522.20 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,572.94 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,699.79 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,750.53 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,775.90 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,902.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,953.49 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,004.23 ↑ +63%

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Iliac/fem angio cath insert at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,118.17 $82.98 – $3,772.08
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,768.93 $135.09 – $4,050.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,652.68 $136.07 – $4,131.68
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,353.13 $99.89 – $3,650.13
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,443.41 $97.02 – $100.85
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,664.86 $110.03 – $110.03
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,605.24 $92.34 – $4,586.40
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,443.41 $82.54 – $93.52

All California hospitals for this procedure →