Injection into brain canal at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$1,199.41
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.
$2,473.00
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.
$152.73 with HCLA 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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| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $152.73 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $152.73 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $162.34 | ↓ -86% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $162.34 | ↓ -86% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $162.34 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $162.34 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $220.78 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $220.78 | ↓ -82% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $230.32 | ↓ -81% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $230.32 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $243.51 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $243.51 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $253.65 | ↓ -79% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $255.91 | ↓ -79% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $255.91 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $358.27 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $358.27 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $393.82 | ↓ -67% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $412.58 | ↓ -66% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $417.83 | ↓ -65% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $468.84 | ↓ -61% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $468.84 | ↓ -61% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $571.44 | ↓ -52% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $618.25 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $618.25 | ↓ -48% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,279.55 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,279.55 | ↑ +7% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,483.80 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,533.26 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,656.91 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,706.37 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,731.10 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $1,854.75 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,904.21 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,953.67 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,768.00 | ↑ +131% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,293.00 | ↑ +175% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,417.00 | ↑ +185% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,178.00 | ↑ +332% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,603.00 | ↑ +367% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,374.00 | ↑ +431% |
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Injection into brain canal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,032.87 | $162.34 – $2,136.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,021.73 | $162.34 – $2,199.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $447.78 | $435.83 – $6,200.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $747.06 | $162.34 – $1,034.88 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,988.64 | $335.57 – $5,171.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,458.48 | $162.34 – $1,206.81 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $543.90 | $394.79 – $2,581.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $779.52 | $335.57 – $4,188.00 |