Middle cerebral artery echo at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$365.69
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.
$754.00
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.
$73.95 with Noble IPA vs $2,917.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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 | $73.95 | ↓ -80% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $73.95 | ↓ -80% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $82.17 | ↓ -78% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $82.17 | ↓ -78% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $82.17 | ↓ -78% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $82.17 | ↓ -78% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $82.17 | ↓ -78% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $82.17 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.71 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.42 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.42 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.04 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.04 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $123.25 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $123.25 | ↓ -66% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -63% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $135.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $135.12 | ↓ -63% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -63% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -63% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $141.88 | ↓ -61% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $148.63 | ↓ -59% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $150.53 | ↓ -59% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $168.90 | ↓ -54% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $168.90 | ↓ -54% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $188.50 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $188.50 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -33% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $289.24 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $365.16 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $372.99 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $372.99 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $372.99 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $394.07 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $394.07 | ↑ +8% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $410.85 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $410.85 | ↑ +12% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $467.48 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $482.56 | ↑ +32% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $520.26 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $527.80 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $552.84 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $565.50 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $580.58 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $595.66 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $680.68 | ↑ +86% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $2,917.00 | ↑ +698% |
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Middle cerebral artery echo at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $157.68 | $97.20 – $527.07 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $633.50 | $21.27 – $782.79 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $163.07 | $82.17 – $511.83 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $225.40 | $82.17 – $601.70 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $133.56 | $82.17 – $570.84 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $132.12 | $82.17 – $570.84 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $936.36 | $134.46 – $535.56 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $557.43 | $536.81 – $536.81 |