Lumbar diskogram s&i at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$1,851.25
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.
$3,817.00
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.
$112.93 with Noble IPA vs $6,355.58 with Cigna — 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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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $112.93 | ↓ -94% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $112.93 | ↓ -94% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $125.48 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $125.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $125.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $125.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $125.48 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $125.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $170.15 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $170.15 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.67 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.67 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $188.22 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $188.22 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $293.63 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $441.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $530.29 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $530.29 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $530.29 | ↓ -71% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $627.40 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $627.40 | ↓ -66% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $954.25 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $954.25 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,781.93 | ↓ -4% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,366.54 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $2,442.88 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +34% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +34% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $2,481.19 | ↑ +34% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +34% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +34% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +34% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +34% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +34% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $2,481.19 | ↑ +34% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +34% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,605.25 | ↑ +41% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,633.73 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,671.90 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,697.78 | ↑ +46% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $2,729.31 | ↑ +47% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,764.05 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $2,862.75 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $2,917.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,939.09 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,015.43 | ↑ +63% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $3,101.49 | ↑ +68% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $3,101.49 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,321.62 | ↑ +79% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $3,817.00 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,817.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,355.58 | ↑ +243% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $6,355.58 | ↑ +243% |
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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,985.90 | $189.84 – $8,500.48 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,076.47 | $125.48 – $8,254.75 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,670.00 | $125.48 – $2,158.94 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,817.70 | $125.48 – $9,704.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,644.12 | $125.48 – $9,206.42 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,615.61 | $125.48 – $9,206.42 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,992.74 | $125.48 – $3,357.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,149.44 | $504.09 – $4,646.33 |