Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff 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

$5,787.51

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.

$11,933.00

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.

$680.31 with Noble IPA vs $11,062.00 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 $680.31 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $680.31 ↓ -88%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $687.82 ↓ -88%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $687.82 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $687.82 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $687.82 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $749.25 ↓ -87%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $755.90 ↓ -87%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $755.90 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $935.44 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $935.44 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,031.73 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,031.73 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1,058.26 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $1,058.26 ↓ -82%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $1,590.20 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $1,590.20 ↓ -73%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $2,421.13 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,768.00 ↓ -52%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2,983.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2,983.25 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↓ -41%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $3,779.50 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $3,779.50 ↓ -35%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $4,484.02 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $4,484.02 ↓ -23%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4,484.02 ↓ -23%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↓ -23%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↓ -23%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $4,484.02 ↓ -23%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4,484.02 ↓ -23%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↓ -23%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $4,708.22 ↓ -19%
HPN Medicare|Senior $4,932.42 ↓ -15%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4,995.20 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↓ -11%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $5,605.02 ↓ -3%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $5,605.03 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +10%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $7,159.80 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $7,398.46 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $7,995.11 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,233.77 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8,353.10 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $8,949.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,188.41 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,427.07 ↑ +63%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $11,062.00 ↑ +91%

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Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,490.91 $846.02 – $8,890.24
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $7,170.60 $1,921.00 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,930.56 $687.82 – $10,550.68
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,358.64 $687.82 – $3,449.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,515.84 $687.82 – $10,550.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,596.11 $687.82 – $7,754.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,557.34 $687.82 – $7,657.47
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,972.83 $5,083.67 – $17,909.00

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