MRA upper extremity post contrast-bil at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$949.63
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.
$1,958.00
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.
$295.00 with DHR 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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| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $295.00 | ↓ -69% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $295.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $304.47 | ↓ -68% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $304.47 | ↓ -68% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $338.30 | ↓ -64% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $338.30 | ↓ -64% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $338.30 | ↓ -64% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $338.30 | ↓ -64% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $338.30 | ↓ -64% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $338.30 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $422.88 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $458.73 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $458.73 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $469.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $473.62 | ↓ -50% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $473.62 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $507.45 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $507.45 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $693.25 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $693.25 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $711.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $715.00 | ↓ -25% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $731.60 | ↓ -23% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $814.20 | ↓ -14% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $826.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $834.00 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $875.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $908.60 | ↓ -4% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $932.20 | ↓ -2% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $945.00 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,180.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,180.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,180.00 | ↑ +24% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,190.82 | ↑ +25% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,691.50 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,691.50 | ↑ +78% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,907.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,907.00 | ↑ +101% |
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MRA upper extremity post contrast-bil at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $664.45 | $409.59 – $1,901.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $12,827.83 | $338.30 – $3,409.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,765.96 | $338.30 – $1,356.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,746.92 | $338.30 – $1,356.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $656.37 | $500.06 – $3,271.33 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $463.08 | $500.06 – $3,709.71 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,398.56 | $301.14 – $4,941.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,989.84 | $500.06 – $2,783.12 |