Oscillation chest wall mechanical per session 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

$197.40

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.

$407.00

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.

$23.36 with Noble IPA vs $6,798.00 with United — 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 $23.36 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $23.36 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $25.96 ↓ -87%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $25.96 ↓ -87%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $25.96 ↓ -87%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $25.96 ↓ -87%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $25.96 ↓ -87%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $25.96 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $32.45 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $35.20 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $35.20 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $36.34 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $36.34 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $38.94 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $38.94 ↓ -80%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $91.38 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $101.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $101.75 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $129.80 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $129.80 ↓ -34%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $223.00 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $240.44 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +31%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +31%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $258.43 ↑ +31%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +31%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +31%
United Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +31%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $258.43 ↑ +31%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +31%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +31%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +31%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $258.43 ↑ +31%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $258.43 ↑ +31%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +31%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $271.35 ↑ +37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $280.83 ↑ +42%
HPN Medicare|Senior $284.27 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $284.90 ↑ +44%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $287.90 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $305.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $313.39 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $321.53 ↑ +63%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $323.04 ↑ +64%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $323.04 ↑ +64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $364.02 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $391.00 ↑ +98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $407.00 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $569.00 ↑ +188%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $569.00 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|PPO $2,113.00 ↑ +970%
United Commercial|HMO $6,798.00 ↑ +3344%

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Oscillation chest wall mechanical per session at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $127.02 $39.27 – $480.66
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $295.29 $229.67 – $301.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $87.93 $25.96 – $237.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $86.98 $25.96 – $12,607.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $325.89 $290.24 – $310.92
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $419.73 $281.64 – $329.13
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $149.61 $26.20 – $209.60
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $221.34 $131.30 – $295.04

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