Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple 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

$202.73

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.

$418.00

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.

$104.50 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.

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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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $104.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $104.50 ↓ -48%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $112.82 ↓ -44%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $112.82 ↓ -44%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $114.13 ↓ -44%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $114.13 ↓ -44%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $114.13 ↓ -44%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $114.13 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $124.33 ↓ -39%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $125.36 ↓ -38%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $125.36 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $155.22 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $155.22 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↓ -19%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -19%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -19%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $163.78 ↓ -19%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -19%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -19%
United Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -19%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↓ -19%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $163.78 ↓ -19%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -19%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -19%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $171.19 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $171.19 ↓ -16%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $171.97 ↓ -15%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $175.50 ↓ -13%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $175.50 ↓ -13%
HPN Medicare|Senior $180.16 ↓ -11%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $182.46 ↓ -10%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $204.72 ↑ +1%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $204.72 ↑ +1%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $250.80 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $259.16 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $280.06 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $288.42 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $292.60 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $313.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $321.86 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $330.22 ↑ +63%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $401.74 ↑ +98%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $626.80 ↑ +209%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $626.80 ↑ +209%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,293.00 ↑ +1524%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↑ +1585%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,466.00 ↑ +2103%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +2454%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +3044%

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Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $71.40 $44.01 – $291.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $223.36 $25.78 – $310.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $241.74 $179.30 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $155.80 $114.13 – $346.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $89.91 $18.11 – $114.13
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $149.75 $95.58 – $346.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $119.47 $114.13 – $302.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $118.18 $114.13 – $302.12

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