Inj nephrosto/ureterogram w/img exstng access 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

$1,076.70

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.

$2,220.00

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.

$132.35 with Noble IPA vs $6,374.00 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $132.35 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $132.35 ↓ -88%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $147.06 ↓ -86%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $147.06 ↓ -86%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $147.06 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $147.06 ↓ -86%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $147.06 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $147.06 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $199.41 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $199.41 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $205.88 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $205.88 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $220.59 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $220.59 ↓ -80%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $369.75 ↓ -66%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $369.75 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $439.91 ↓ -59%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $517.65 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $735.30 ↓ -32%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $735.30 ↓ -32%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -21%
United Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $848.09 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $848.09 ↓ -21%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $848.09 ↓ -21%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -21%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -21%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -21%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $848.09 ↓ -21%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -21%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $887.40 ↓ -18%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $890.49 ↓ -17%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $916.98 ↓ -15%
HPN Medicare|Senior $932.90 ↓ -13%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $944.78 ↓ -12%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $990.93 ↓ -8%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,020.51 ↓ -5%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,035.30 ↓ -4%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $1,060.11 ↓ -2%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,060.11 ↓ -2%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,109.25 ↑ +3%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,138.83 ↑ +6%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,168.41 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,768.00 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↑ +217%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,131.00 ↑ +284%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +381%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,603.00 ↑ +420%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +492%

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Inj nephrosto/ureterogram w/img exstng access at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $740.66 $222.48 – $1,569.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,150.47 $147.06 – $1,590.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,067.42 $147.06 – $1,590.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $795.43 $147.06 – $1,393.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,041.18 $147.06 – $1,433.85
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,115.37 $534.38 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,250.34 $896.84 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,782.53 $147.06 – $1,697.64

All California hospitals for this procedure →