Inj proc lumbr disk ea lvl at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$639.72
Cash price 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.
$1,319.00
Gross charge 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.
$146.54 with HCLA 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $146.54 | ↓ -77% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $146.54 | ↓ -77% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $146.54 | ↓ -77% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $146.54 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $199.29 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $199.29 | ↓ -69% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $207.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $207.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $219.81 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $219.81 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $228.96 | ↓ -64% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $231.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $231.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $323.40 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $323.40 | ↓ -49% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $329.75 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $329.75 | ↓ -48% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $515.82 | ↓ -19% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $791.40 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $817.78 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $883.73 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $910.11 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $923.30 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $989.25 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,015.63 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,042.01 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,155.00 | ↑ +81% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,155.00 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $15,561.00 | ↑ +2332% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,577.00 | ↑ +3586% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $29,023.00 | ↑ +4437% |
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Inj proc lumbr disk ea lvl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $633.35 | $180.24 – $1,127.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $418.16 | $146.54 – $957.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $382.99 | $146.54 – $957.46 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $111.68 | $146.54 – $276.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $110.47 | $146.54 – $301.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $81.15 | $28.14 – $146.54 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $633.12 | $1,200.00 – $5,357.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $158.62 | $66.00 – $146.54 |