Inj for ext venography 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

$313.80

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.

$647.00

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.

$161.75 with DHR vs $29,023.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $161.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $161.75 ↓ -48%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $329.82 ↑ +5%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $329.82 ↑ +5%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $329.82 ↑ +5%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $329.82 ↑ +5%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $388.20 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $401.14 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $433.49 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $446.43 ↑ +42%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $448.56 ↑ +43%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $448.56 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $452.90 ↑ +44%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $467.91 ↑ +49%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $467.91 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $485.25 ↑ +55%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $494.73 ↑ +58%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $494.73 ↑ +58%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $498.19 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $511.13 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $515.35 ↑ +64%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $519.90 ↑ +66%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $519.90 ↑ +66%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $647.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $647.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,160.97 ↑ +270%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,599.50 ↑ +728%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,599.50 ↑ +728%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +4859%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +7413%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +9149%

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Inj for ext venography at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $197.98 $122.04 – $452.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,861.10 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $148.95 $191.40 – $405.68
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,150.19 $195.58 – $740.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $138.38 $93.96 – $348.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $184.76 $273.90 – $498.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $275.99 $273.90 – $498.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,601.00 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →