Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 3-5 targets 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

$91.77

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.

$189.20

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.

$45.41 with Blue Shield CA vs $570.20 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $45.41 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $47.30 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $47.30 ↓ -48%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $102.64 ↑ +12%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $102.64 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $113.52 ↑ +24%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $114.04 ↑ +24%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $114.04 ↑ +24%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $114.04 ↑ +24%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $114.04 ↑ +24%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $114.04 ↑ +24%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $114.04 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $117.31 ↑ +28%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $128.29 ↑ +40%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $128.29 ↑ +40%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $128.29 ↑ +40%
HPN Medicare|Senior $128.29 ↑ +40%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $128.29 ↑ +40%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $128.29 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $128.29 ↑ +40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $128.29 ↑ +40%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $128.29 ↑ +40%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $128.29 ↑ +40%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $128.29 ↑ +40%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $128.29 ↑ +40%
United Medicare|All Plans $128.29 ↑ +40%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $128.29 ↑ +40%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $128.29 ↑ +40%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $130.55 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $132.44 ↑ +44%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $134.70 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $141.90 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $142.55 ↑ +55%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $142.92 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $145.69 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $149.47 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|PPO $153.95 ↑ +68%
United Commercial|HMO $153.95 ↑ +68%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $154.64 ↑ +69%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $154.64 ↑ +69%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $159.66 ↑ +74%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $159.66 ↑ +74%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $160.36 ↑ +75%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $160.36 ↑ +75%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $171.06 ↑ +86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $171.06 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $172.18 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $189.20 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $189.20 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $189.20 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $189.20 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $254.51 ↑ +177%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $254.51 ↑ +177%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $401.42 ↑ +337%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $570.20 ↑ +521%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $570.20 ↑ +521%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 3-5 targets at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $261.08 $94.60 – $330.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $126.01 $102.42 – $185.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $239.12 $51.09 – $388.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $70.20 $94.60 – $368.67
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $69.44 $94.60 – $368.67
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $244.80 $128.29 – $950.59
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $108.04 $18.92 – $151.36
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $55.63 $39.74 – $189.20

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