Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative 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

$50.93

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.

$105.00

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.

$8.17 with EasyChoice vs $105.00 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
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $8.17 ↓ -84%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $8.17 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
HPN Medicare|Senior $8.17 ↓ -84%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $8.58 ↓ -83%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $9.11 ↓ -82%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $9.23 ↓ -82%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $9.23 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|PPO $9.80 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|HMO $9.80 ↓ -81%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $10.21 ↓ -80%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $10.21 ↓ -80%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.26 ↓ -80%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $10.26 ↓ -80%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $10.26 ↓ -80%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $10.26 ↓ -80%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.26 ↓ -80%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $10.26 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $13.91 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $13.91 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $14.36 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $14.36 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $15.39 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $15.39 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.21 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $16.21 ↓ -68%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $25.17 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $25.20 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $26.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $26.25 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $40.35 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $40.35 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $40.35 ↓ -21%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $51.30 ↑ +1%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $51.30 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $63.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $65.10 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $72.45 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $73.50 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $78.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $80.85 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $82.95 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $95.55 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $105.00 ↑ +106%

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Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $61.32 $8.17 – $25.50
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.77 $1.63 – $11.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $52.02 $8.01 – $66.33
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $30.39 $7.50 – $21.05
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $9.99 $8.12 – $14.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $27.84 $4.05 – $24.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $129.48 $7.50 – $23.48
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $128.09 $7.50 – $23.48

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