Measurement post void urine by ultrasound at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$169.75
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.
$350.00
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.
$53.28 with Noble IPA vs $6,374.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $53.28 | ↓ -69% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.28 | ↓ -69% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $59.20 | ↓ -65% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $59.20 | ↓ -65% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $59.20 | ↓ -65% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $59.20 | ↓ -65% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $59.20 | ↓ -65% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $59.20 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $74.00 | ↓ -56% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -56% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -56% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -56% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $75.47 | ↓ -56% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -56% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $75.47 | ↓ -56% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -56% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $79.24 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.28 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.28 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.88 | ↓ -51% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.88 | ↓ -51% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $83.02 | ↓ -51% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $84.08 | ↓ -50% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.50 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $87.50 | ↓ -48% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $88.80 | ↓ -48% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $88.80 | ↓ -48% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $94.34 | ↓ -44% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $94.34 | ↓ -44% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $208.38 | ↑ +23% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $217.00 | ↑ +28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $241.50 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $245.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $262.50 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $269.50 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $276.50 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $296.00 | ↑ +74% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $296.00 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $855.00 | ↑ +404% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,293.00 | ↑ +1840% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,417.00 | ↑ +1913% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,466.00 | ↑ +2531% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,178.00 | ↑ +2950% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,374.00 | ↑ +3655% |
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Measurement post void urine by ultrasound at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $95.05 | $58.59 – $169.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $276.42 | $79.50 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $151.52 | $59.20 – $346.92 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $37.97 | $14.75 – $57.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $138.77 | $56.43 – $204.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $70.87 | $59.20 – $152.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $70.10 | $59.20 – $150.89 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $133.11 | $83.76 – $6,200.00 |