Insert sq defib electrode 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

$13,318.59

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.

$27,461.00

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.

$386.00 with Noble IPA vs $29,023.00 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 $386.00 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $386.00 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $428.89 ↓ -97%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $428.89 ↓ -97%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $428.89 ↓ -97%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $428.89 ↓ -97%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $428.89 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $428.89 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $536.11 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $581.57 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $581.57 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $600.45 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $600.45 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $643.34 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $643.34 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,509.69 ↓ -89%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,144.45 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,144.45 ↓ -84%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $6,865.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $6,865.25 ↓ -48%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $7,228.05 ↓ -46%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $7,228.05 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -21%
United Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $10,515.46 ↓ -21%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -21%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -21%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -21%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -21%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -21%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $10,515.46 ↓ -21%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -21%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $11,041.23 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11,123.00 ↓ -16%
HPN Medicare|Senior $11,567.01 ↓ -13%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $11,714.23 ↓ -12%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $13,144.32 ↓ -1%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $13,144.33 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +17%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $16,106.00 ↑ +21%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $16,476.60 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $17,025.82 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $18,398.87 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $18,948.09 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $19,222.70 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $20,595.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $21,144.97 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $21,694.19 ↑ +63%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $21,842.00 ↑ +64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +118%

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Insert sq defib electrode at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,502.11 $648.86 – $20,488.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,374.49 $428.89 – $6,470.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,926.96 $428.89 – $11,741.96
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $12,772.00 $428.89 – $24,552.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,462.25 $4,589.00 – $19,690.54
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $3,593.45 $4,589.00 – $19,690.54
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $2,391.75 $428.89 – $10,911.25
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $1,902.93 $428.89 – $9,601.90

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