Inj peritoneal venous shunt 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

$297.31

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.

$613.00

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.

$46.99 with Gold Coast Health Plan 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
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $46.99 ↓ -84%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $46.99 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $46.99 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $46.99 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $63.91 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $63.91 ↓ -79%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $66.68 ↓ -78%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $66.68 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $70.48 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $70.48 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $73.43 ↓ -75%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $74.09 ↓ -75%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $74.09 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $103.73 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $103.73 ↓ -65%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $153.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $153.25 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $165.40 ↓ -44%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $367.80 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $370.45 ↑ +25%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $370.45 ↑ +25%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $380.06 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $410.71 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $422.97 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $429.10 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $459.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $472.01 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $484.27 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↑ +1049%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +1642%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +2044%

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Inj peritoneal venous shunt at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $616.24 $46.99 – $1,478.29
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $609.59 $46.99 – $1,644.39
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $464.52 $46.99 – $645.12
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $619.65 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $867.26 $46.99 – $718.74
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $265.50 $46.99 – $531.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $764.40 $1,287.00 – $4,776.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $223.20 $1,266.00 – $13,012.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →