Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study 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

$3,185.48

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.

$6,568.00

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.

$169.25 with Noble IPA vs $5,188.72 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $169.25 ↓ -95%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $169.25 ↓ -95%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $188.05 ↓ -94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $188.05 ↓ -94%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $188.05 ↓ -94%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $188.05 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $188.05 ↓ -94%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $188.05 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $235.06 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $255.00 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $255.00 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $263.27 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $263.27 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $282.08 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $282.08 ↓ -91%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -84%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $510.57 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $510.57 ↓ -84%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -84%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -84%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -84%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -84%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $536.10 ↓ -83%
HPN Medicare|Senior $561.63 ↓ -82%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $568.78 ↓ -82%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $638.21 ↓ -80%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $638.21 ↓ -80%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $661.94 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|PPO $848.52 ↓ -73%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $940.25 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $940.25 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,006.02 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,364.43 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,364.43 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,469.16 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,469.16 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,469.16 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,523.07 ↓ -52%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,642.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,642.00 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,875.27 ↓ -41%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,622.00 ↓ -18%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↓ -8%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4,072.16 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,531.92 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,597.60 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $4,926.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,057.36 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,188.72 ↑ +63%

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Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,660.46 $284.50 – $2,956.98
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,282.74 $80.37 – $3,299.94
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,115.81 $538.74 – $1,029.56
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,436.18 $188.05 – $4,868.64
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,567.76 $188.05 – $4,420.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,967.84 $188.05 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,017.29 $188.05 – $2,193.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,006.32 $188.05 – $2,166.18

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