Insulin total at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$17.95
Cash price 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.
$37.00
Gross charge 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.
$8.64 with Blue Shield CA vs $57.40 with Blue Shield CA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $8.64 | ↓ -52% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.00 | ↓ -50% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.33 | ↓ -42% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $11.43 | ↓ -36% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $11.48 | ↓ -36% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $11.48 | ↓ -36% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.48 | ↓ -36% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.48 | ↓ -36% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $11.48 | ↓ -36% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $11.48 | ↓ -36% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $12.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.74 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $13.72 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13.72 | ↓ -24% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $14.29 | ↓ -20% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $14.29 | ↓ -20% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.57 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.57 | ↓ -13% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.07 | ↓ -10% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.07 | ↓ -10% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.22 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.22 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.98 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $21.60 | ↑ +20% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $22.32 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.68 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $22.68 | ↑ +26% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $24.84 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $25.20 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $27.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $27.72 | ↑ +54% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $28.16 | ↑ +57% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $28.44 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.76 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $36.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $36.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.00 | ↑ +101% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $36.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $57.40 | ↑ +220% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $57.40 | ↑ +220% |
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Insulin total at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $26.28 | $2.16 – $30.33 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $4.38 | $2.29 – $13.20 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $13.80 | $11.20 – $93.32 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $33.17 | $4.00 – $29.45 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $68.60 | $4.34 – $8.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $30.38 | $2.16 – $34.62 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $31.54 | $4.00 – $32.85 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $31.20 | $4.00 – $32.85 |