Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe 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

$495.67

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.

$1,022.00

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.

$18.58 with BCBS - Anthem vs $394.21 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $18.58 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $18.61 ↓ -96%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $26.19 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $27.84 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $28.15 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $28.30 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $28.30 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $30.78 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $31.44 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $31.44 ↓ -94%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $31.44 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $33.55 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $34.68 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $37.23 ↓ -92%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $37.23 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $37.23 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $37.23 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $37.23 ↓ -92%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $37.23 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $37.23 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $37.23 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $37.23 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $37.23 ↓ -92%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $37.23 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $37.23 ↓ -92%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $37.23 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $37.23 ↓ -92%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $39.09 ↓ -92%
HPN Medicare|Senior $40.95 ↓ -92%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $41.48 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $42.63 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $42.63 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $44.02 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $44.02 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|PPO $44.25 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $44.25 ↓ -91%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $46.54 ↓ -91%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $46.54 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $56.39 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $56.39 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $56.39 ↓ -89%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $110.67 ↓ -78%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $124.75 ↓ -75%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $124.75 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $157.20 ↓ -68%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $157.20 ↓ -68%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $174.65 ↓ -65%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $174.65 ↓ -65%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $309.38 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $344.31 ↓ -31%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $344.31 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $344.31 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $349.30 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $374.25 ↓ -24%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $384.23 ↓ -22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $394.21 ↓ -20%

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Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $245.28 $5.71 – $123.24
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $581.06 $5.35 – $58.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $797.80 $9.47 – $229.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,243.49 $245.56 – $930.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $356.72 $19.65 – $891.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $571.72 $16.17 – $347.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $565.55 $8.54 – $73.47
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $664.48 $5.79 – $58.01

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