MRA spinal canal at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$2,060.28
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.
$4,248.00
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.
$306.87 with Noble IPA vs $1,907.00 with Cigna — 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 | $306.87 | ↓ -85% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $306.87 | ↓ -85% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $340.97 | ↓ -83% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $340.97 | ↓ -83% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $340.97 | ↓ -83% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $340.97 | ↓ -83% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $340.97 | ↓ -83% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $340.97 | ↓ -83% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $366.00 | ↓ -82% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $366.00 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $426.21 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $462.36 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $462.36 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $469.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $477.36 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $477.36 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $511.46 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $511.46 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $693.25 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $693.25 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $711.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $834.00 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $875.00 | ↓ -58% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $907.68 | ↓ -56% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $945.00 | ↓ -54% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,010.16 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,024.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $1,098.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,127.28 | ↓ -45% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,156.56 | ↓ -44% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,200.21 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,464.00 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,464.00 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,464.00 | ↓ -29% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,704.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,704.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,907.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,907.00 | ↓ -7% |
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MRA spinal canal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $697.74 | $430.11 – $1,901.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,429.00 | $500.06 – $2,210.91 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $848.82 | $306.87 – $1,922.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $4,154.50 | $500.06 – $2,215.36 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $6,894.72 | $500.06 – $4,351.79 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $543.89 | $340.97 – $1,704.85 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $4,460.16 | $500.06 – $4,258.66 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $671.24 | $247.50 – $1,922.00 |