Mayo myoglobin 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

$5.99

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.

$12.35

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.

$2.62 with Blue Shield CA vs $82.35 with Care 1st — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.62 ↓ -56%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2.73 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2.73 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $6.54 ↑ +9%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $6.76 ↑ +13%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7.52 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.63 ↑ +27%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $8.17 ↑ +36%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8.39 ↑ +40%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8.61 ↑ +44%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $9.81 ↑ +64%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $9.81 ↑ +64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9.91 ↑ +65%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $10.89 ↑ +82%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $10.89 ↑ +82%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10.89 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $10.89 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10.89 ↑ +82%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10.89 ↑ +82%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $10.89 ↑ +82%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $10.89 ↑ +82%
United Commercial|PPO $10.89 ↑ +82%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
United Commercial|HMO $10.89 ↑ +82%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $10.89 ↑ +82%
HPN Medicare|Senior $10.89 ↑ +82%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $10.89 ↑ +82%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $10.89 ↑ +82%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $10.89 ↑ +82%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $10.89 ↑ +82%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $11.44 ↑ +91%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $12.14 ↑ +103%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $13.62 ↑ +127%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $13.62 ↑ +127%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $16.34 ↑ +173%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $16.34 ↑ +173%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.64 ↑ +328%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $25.64 ↑ +328%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $38.34 ↑ +540%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $82.35 ↑ +1275%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $82.35 ↑ +1275%

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Mayo myoglobin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4.77 $0.90 – $34.29
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.63 $2.58 – $18.94
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $62.35 $12.66 – $105.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5.29 $5.45 – $33.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8.23 $5.90 – $10.89
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4.85 $2.95 – $39.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $95.35 $5.45 – $37.14
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $94.32 $5.45 – $37.14

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