Pelvic MRI (with contrast) 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

$2,723.76

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.

$5,616.00

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.

$342.14 with Noble IPA vs $4,436.64 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 $342.14 ↓ -87%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $342.14 ↓ -87%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $380.16 ↓ -86%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $380.16 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $380.16 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $380.16 ↓ -86%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $380.16 ↓ -86%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $380.16 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $453.77 ↓ -83%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $453.77 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -83%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -83%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -83%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -83%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $453.77 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -83%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $453.77 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $469.00 ↓ -83%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $476.46 ↓ -83%
HPN Medicare|Senior $499.15 ↓ -82%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $505.50 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $515.50 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $515.50 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $532.22 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $532.22 ↓ -80%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $567.21 ↓ -79%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $567.21 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $570.24 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $570.24 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $711.00 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $715.00 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|HMO $828.27 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|PPO $828.27 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $834.00 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $875.00 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $945.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,008.08 ↓ -63%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,338.16 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,404.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,404.00 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,900.80 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,900.80 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,907.00 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,907.00 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,942.33 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,942.33 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,942.33 ↓ -29%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $3,481.92 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,875.04 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,931.20 ↑ +44%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,324.32 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,436.64 ↑ +63%

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Pelvic MRI (with contrast) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,539.57 $453.77 – $2,741.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,059.28 $71.43 – $2,874.11
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,288.95 $380.16 – $4,769.66
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7,406.59 $380.16 – $3,130.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $727.56 $380.16 – $2,111.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,451.36 $380.16 – $3,129.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,435.71 $380.16 – $3,090.48
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $9,438.06 $495.35 – $3,268.83

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