Palingen or palingen xplus at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$2,992.45
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.
$6,170.00
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.
$344.93 with Noble IPA vs $3,650.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $344.93 | ↓ -88% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $344.93 | ↓ -88% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $383.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $383.25 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $383.25 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $383.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $383.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $519.69 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $519.69 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $536.55 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $536.55 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $574.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $574.88 | ↓ -81% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $912.50 | ↓ -70% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $912.50 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $912.50 | ↓ -70% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $949.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,277.50 | ↓ -57% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $1,277.50 | ↓ -57% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $1,277.50 | ↓ -57% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,349.04 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,496.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,496.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,606.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $1,825.00 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $1,880.24 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,880.24 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,916.25 | ↓ -36% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,916.25 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,934.50 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,934.50 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,934.50 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,336.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,482.00 | ↓ -17% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,518.50 | ↓ -16% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,555.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $2,737.50 | ↓ -9% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,810.50 | ↓ -6% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,883.50 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,504.00 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,650.00 | ↑ +22% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Palingen or palingen xplus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $167.70 – $898.25 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $176.69 – $972.31 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $160.06 – $1,159.81 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $167.67 – $2,290.31 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $713.11 – $1,162.65 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $173.16 – $965.75 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $136.05 – $775.10 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $160.06 – $775.10 |