Injection for ureter x-ray at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$336.11
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.
$693.00
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.
$173.25 with DHR 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.
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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| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $173.25 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $173.25 | ↓ -48% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $308.45 | ↓ -8% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $308.45 | ↓ -8% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $308.45 | ↓ -8% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $308.45 | ↓ -8% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $415.80 | ↑ +24% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $419.49 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $419.49 | ↑ +25% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $429.66 | ↑ +28% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $437.61 | ↑ +30% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $437.61 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $462.67 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $462.67 | ↑ +38% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $464.31 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $478.17 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $481.96 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $485.10 | ↑ +44% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $486.23 | ↑ +45% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $486.23 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $519.75 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $533.61 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $547.47 | ↑ +63% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $680.72 | ↑ +103% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $680.72 | ↑ +103% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,085.74 | ↑ +223% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,431.15 | ↑ +623% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,431.15 | ↑ +623% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,417.00 | ↑ +917% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,178.00 | ↑ +1441% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,374.00 | ↑ +1796% |
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Injection for ureter x-ray at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $156.37 | $96.39 – $357.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $964.72 | $308.45 – $2,208.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $883.57 | $308.45 – $2,208.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $935.30 | $308.45 – $2,243.69 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $925.21 | $308.45 – $2,495.79 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $705.02 | $244.44 – $1,164.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $334.56 | $542.12 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $512.16 | $1,200.00 – $5,357.00 |