Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx 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

$1,646.58

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.

$3,395.00

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.

$249.09 with Noble IPA vs $2,917.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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 $249.09 ↓ -85%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $249.09 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $276.77 ↓ -83%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $276.77 ↓ -83%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $276.77 ↓ -83%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $276.77 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $276.77 ↓ -83%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $276.77 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $345.96 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $375.30 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $375.30 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $387.48 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $387.48 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $415.15 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $415.15 ↓ -75%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -58%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -58%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $683.93 ↓ -58%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $683.93 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $683.93 ↓ -58%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -58%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -58%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -58%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $683.93 ↓ -58%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $718.13 ↓ -56%
HPN Medicare|Senior $752.32 ↓ -54%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $761.90 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $848.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $848.75 ↓ -48%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $854.91 ↓ -48%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $854.91 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $974.23 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,012.57 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|PPO $1,101.15 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,145.57 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,145.57 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,145.57 ↓ -30%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,383.85 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,383.85 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,532.99 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,771.23 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,771.23 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,887.49 ↑ +15%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2,104.90 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,172.80 ↑ +32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,342.55 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,376.50 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $2,546.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,614.15 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,682.05 ↑ +63%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +77%

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Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,047.22 $418.73 – $3,645.72
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $860.89 $107.65 – $1,244.51
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,642.48 $276.77 – $4,780.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,470.53 $276.77 – $2,405.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,912.18 $276.77 – $2,704.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $789.49 $276.77 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $780.98 $276.77 – $2,565.73
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,571.02 $755.17 – $1,309.59

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