Metabolic Blood Panel (Comprehensive) 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

$454.93

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.

$938.00

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.

$10.56 with EasyChoice vs $695.99 with MultiPlan — 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
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $10.56 ↓ -98%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $10.56 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
HPN Medicare|Senior $10.56 ↓ -98%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -98%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $11.09 ↓ -98%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $11.77 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $11.86 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $11.86 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|PPO $12.67 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $12.67 ↓ -97%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $13.18 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $13.18 ↓ -97%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $13.18 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $13.18 ↓ -97%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $13.18 ↓ -97%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $13.18 ↓ -97%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $13.20 ↓ -97%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $13.20 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $17.48 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $17.87 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $17.87 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $18.45 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $18.45 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $19.77 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $19.77 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $20.94 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20.94 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $32.35 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $52.15 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $52.15 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $52.15 ↓ -89%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $65.90 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $65.90 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $84.42 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $127.80 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $157.36 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $211.44 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $220.25 ↓ -52%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $220.25 ↓ -52%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $546.22 ↑ +20%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $607.89 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $616.70 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $660.75 ↑ +45%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $678.37 ↑ +49%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $695.99 ↑ +53%

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Comprehensive) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $230.83 $10.56 – $32.95
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $85.76 $2.11 – $132.89
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $540.60 $10.35 – $86.39
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $384.35 $5.59 – $27.19
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $219.78 $10.56 – $25.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $352.02 $3.02 – $31.97
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $366.18 $10.56 – $76.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $362.23 $10.56 – $75.05

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