Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic 2nd level 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

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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.

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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.

$90.42 with Noble IPA 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $90.42
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $90.42
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $91.42
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $91.42
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $91.42
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $91.42
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $99.59
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $100.47
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $100.47
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $124.33
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $124.33
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $137.13
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $137.13
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $140.66
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $140.66
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $321.80
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $502.35
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $502.35
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,768.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
HPN Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital

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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic 2nd level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $459.47 $112.45 – $818.22
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $870.41 $112.75 – $266.75
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $420.73 $91.42 – $963.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,358.98 $40.88 – $154.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $385.34 $91.42 – $796.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $432.59 $91.42 – $1,037.74
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,588.80 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $325.89 $2,335.00 – $3,982.87

All California hospitals for this procedure →