Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus 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

$57.96

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.

$119.50

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.

$15.84 with Blue Shield CA vs $273.10 with Care 1st — 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 $15.84 ↓ -73%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $16.50 ↓ -72%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $16.50 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $39.60 ↓ -32%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $40.92 ↓ -29%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -26%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -26%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $42.84 ↓ -26%
United Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $42.84 ↓ -26%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $42.84 ↓ -26%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -26%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -26%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -26%
HPN Medicare|Senior $42.84 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $42.84 ↓ -26%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $44.98 ↓ -22%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $45.54 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $46.20 ↓ -20%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $47.73 ↓ -18%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $49.16 ↓ -15%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $49.16 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $49.50 ↓ -15%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $50.82 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|PPO $51.41 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|HMO $51.41 ↓ -11%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $52.14 ↓ -10%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $53.55 ↓ -8%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $53.55 ↓ -8%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $54.62 ↓ -6%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $54.62 ↓ -6%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $54.62 ↓ -6%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $54.62 ↓ -6%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $54.62 ↓ -6%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $54.62 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $60.06 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $66.00 ↑ +14%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $66.00 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $66.00 ↑ +14%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $66.00 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $66.00 ↑ +14%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $66.00 ↑ +14%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $66.00 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $66.00 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $66.00 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $81.93 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $81.93 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $85.00 ↑ +47%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $85.00 ↑ +47%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $134.04 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $273.10 ↑ +371%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $273.10 ↑ +371%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $89.36 $11.34 – $113.68
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $125.55 $3.69 – $62.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $190.74 $41.98 – $211.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $208.45 $33.00 – $110.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $424.25 $35.73 – $64.68
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $190.91 $17.82 – $129.78
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $75.69 $33.00 – $123.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $74.87 $33.00 – $123.12

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