Intracranial complete study 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

$478.21

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.

$986.00

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.

$224.78 with HCLA vs $6,152.00 with United — 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $224.78 ↓ -53%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $224.78 ↓ -53%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $224.78 ↓ -53%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $224.78 ↓ -53%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $246.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $246.50 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $305.70 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $305.70 ↓ -36%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -36%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -36%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -36%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -36%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -36%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $307.13 ↓ -36%
United Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $307.13 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $307.13 ↓ -36%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -36%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $307.13 ↓ -36%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $320.72 ↓ -33%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $320.72 ↓ -33%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $322.49 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $337.17 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $337.17 ↓ -29%
HPN Medicare|Senior $337.84 ↓ -29%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $342.15 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $351.21 ↓ -27%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $356.36 ↓ -25%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $356.36 ↓ -25%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $383.91 ↓ -20%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $383.91 ↓ -20%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $498.90 ↑ +4%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $498.90 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $591.60 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $611.32 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $680.34 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $690.20 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $739.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $759.22 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $778.94 ↑ +63%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $791.23 ↑ +65%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $832.86 ↑ +74%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $832.86 ↑ +74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $897.26 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $986.00 ↑ +106%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,781.80 ↑ +273%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,781.80 ↑ +273%
United Commercial|PPO $1,985.00 ↑ +315%
United Commercial|HMO $6,152.00 ↑ +1186%

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Intracranial complete study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $414.35 $255.42 – $1,113.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $824.74 $224.78 – $1,206.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $815.85 $224.78 – $1,206.45
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $372.30 $65.20 – $521.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $494.81 $120.12 – $572.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,113.60 $260.85 – $567.73
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $286.31 $88.32 – $368.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $874.99 $224.78 – $578.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →