Obstetrics panel 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

$174.12

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.

$359.00

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.

$46.25 with Noble IPA vs $283.61 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 $46.25 ↓ -73%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $46.25 ↓ -73%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $47.81 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $47.81 ↓ -73%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $47.81 ↓ -73%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $47.81 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $47.81 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $47.81 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $47.81 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $47.81 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $47.81 ↓ -73%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $47.81 ↓ -73%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $47.81 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $47.81 ↓ -73%
HPN Medicare|Senior $47.81 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $47.81 ↓ -73%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $47.81 ↓ -73%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $50.20 ↓ -71%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $51.39 ↓ -70%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $51.39 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $51.39 ↓ -70%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $51.39 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $51.39 ↓ -70%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $51.39 ↓ -70%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $53.27 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|HMO $57.37 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|PPO $57.37 ↓ -67%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $59.76 ↓ -66%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $59.76 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $68.11 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $69.68 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $69.68 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $71.95 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $71.95 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $77.09 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $77.09 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $86.16 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $89.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $89.75 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $94.86 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $94.86 ↓ -46%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $126.12 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $131.35 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $198.86 ↑ +14%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $222.58 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $244.84 ↑ +41%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $247.71 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $251.30 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $252.97 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $252.97 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $252.97 ↑ +45%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $256.95 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $256.95 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $269.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $276.43 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $283.61 ↑ +63%

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Obstetrics panel at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $139.86 $47.81 – $205.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $211.47 $47.81 – $215.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $209.19 $47.81 – $212.51
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $326.62 $47.81 – $457.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $169.35 $40.64 – $472.32
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $317.76 $47.81 – $579.98
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $502.60 $47.81 – $221.91
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $46.85 – $134.42

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