Limited autopsy at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$114.46
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.
$236.00
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.
$59.00 with DHR vs $236.00 with Aetna — 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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| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.00 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.00 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $112.21 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $112.21 | ↓ -2% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $146.32 | ↑ +28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $162.84 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $165.20 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $177.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $181.72 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $186.44 | ↑ +63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $186.72 | ↑ +63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $186.72 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $236.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $236.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $236.00 | ↑ +106% |
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Limited autopsy at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $184.06 – $461.31 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $184.06 – $650.23 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $184.06 – $184.06 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $264.86 – $264.86 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $184.06 – $518.30 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $184.06 – $639.08 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $4.96 – $196.07 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | not published | $4.94 – $184.06 |