Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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

$317.68

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.

$655.00

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.

$56.86 with Noble IPA vs $5,603.00 with Health Net — 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 $56.86 ↓ -82%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $56.86 ↓ -82%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $57.17 ↓ -82%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $57.17 ↓ -82%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $57.17 ↓ -82%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $57.17 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $62.28 ↓ -80%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $63.18 ↓ -80%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $63.18 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $77.75 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $77.75 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $85.75 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $85.75 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $88.45 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $88.45 ↓ -72%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $163.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $163.75 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $201.24 ↓ -37%
United Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $267.70 ↓ -16%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $267.70 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -16%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $281.08 ↓ -12%
HPN Medicare|Senior $294.47 ↓ -7%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $298.22 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $315.90 ↓ -1%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $315.90 ↓ -1%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $334.63 ↑ +5%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $334.63 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $334.78 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $334.78 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $334.78 ↑ +5%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $393.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $406.10 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $412.65 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $425.75 ↑ +34%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $438.85 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $451.95 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $491.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $504.35 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $517.45 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $517.45 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $517.45 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|HMO $655.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $655.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $805.00 ↑ +153%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,219.00 ↑ +284%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,501.00 ↑ +372%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,293.00 ↑ +937%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,603.00 ↑ +1664%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $420.48 $68.09 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $298.17 $42.14 – $449.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $442.68 $286.64 – $292.49
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $493.92 $57.17 – $995.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $339.00 $32.86 – $124.46
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $452.37 $57.17 – $807.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $243.38 $57.17 – $437.06
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $240.76 $57.17 – $437.06

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