Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$250.26
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.
$516.00
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.
$129.00 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 | $129.00 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $129.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $134.16 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $134.16 | ↓ -46% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $309.60 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $319.92 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $337.76 | ↑ +35% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $345.72 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $356.04 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $361.20 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $387.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $397.32 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $407.64 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +104% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $510.57 | ↑ +104% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +104% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +104% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +104% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +104% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +104% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +104% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +104% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $510.57 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +104% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +104% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +104% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +104% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $536.10 | ↑ +114% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $561.63 | ↑ +124% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $568.78 | ↑ +127% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $638.21 | ↑ +155% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $638.21 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,417.00 | ↑ +1265% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,131.00 | ↑ +1551% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,178.00 | ↑ +1969% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,603.00 | ↑ +2139% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,374.00 | ↑ +2447% |
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Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $406.47 | $250.56 – $975.58 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $375.32 | $196.39 – $464.63 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $481.93 | $510.57 – $1,103.48 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $951.72 | $19.92 – $75.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $503.72 | $330.48 – $1,199.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $481.93 | $350.73 – $1,039.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $476.74 | $350.73 – $1,026.21 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $817.02 | $314.54 – $6,200.00 |