Lung Function Test (Spirometry) 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

$178.48

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.

$368.00

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.

$28.23 with HCLA vs $368.00 with HPN — 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 $28.23 ↓ -84%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $28.23 ↓ -84%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $28.23 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $28.23 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $38.39 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $38.39 ↓ -78%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $40.27 ↓ -77%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $40.27 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $42.34 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $42.34 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $44.11 ↓ -75%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $44.75 ↓ -75%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $44.75 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $62.65 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $62.65 ↓ -65%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $92.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $92.00 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $99.37 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $125.66 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $190.24 ↑ +7%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $198.80 ↑ +11%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $198.80 ↑ +11%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↑ +11%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $198.80 ↑ +11%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↑ +11%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $198.80 ↑ +11%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↑ +11%
United Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↑ +11%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $198.80 ↑ +11%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↑ +11%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $208.74 ↑ +17%
HPN Medicare|Senior $218.68 ↑ +23%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $221.47 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $223.75 ↑ +25%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $223.75 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $234.23 ↑ +31%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $248.50 ↑ +39%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $248.50 ↑ +39%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $253.92 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $257.60 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $276.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $283.36 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $290.72 ↑ +63%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $368.00 ↑ +106%

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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $242.66 $34.72 – $432.12
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $285.60 $31.29 – $509.25
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $621.69 $120.03 – $296.92
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $357.38 $28.23 – $818.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $154.52 $28.23 – $227.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $327.32 $28.23 – $818.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $130.60 $28.23 – $281.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $129.19 $28.23 – $278.08

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