Ph body fluid 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

$57.23

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.

$118.00

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.

$3.58 with EasyChoice vs $93.22 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
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $3.58 ↓ -94%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $3.58 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.58 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3.58 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.58 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $3.58 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $3.58 ↓ -94%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.58 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3.58 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3.58 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $3.58 ↓ -94%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.58 ↓ -94%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $3.58 ↓ -94%
HPN Medicare|Senior $3.58 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $3.58 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $3.76 ↓ -93%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $3.99 ↓ -93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $4.10 ↓ -93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $4.10 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|PPO $4.30 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $4.30 ↓ -92%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $4.47 ↓ -92%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4.47 ↓ -92%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.56 ↓ -92%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.56 ↓ -92%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.56 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $4.56 ↓ -92%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $4.56 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $4.56 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.40 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.18 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.18 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $6.38 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $6.38 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $6.84 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $6.84 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7.11 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.11 ↓ -88%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $11.19 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.66 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.66 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.66 ↓ -69%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $22.80 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $22.80 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $28.32 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $28.51 ↓ -50%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $29.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $29.50 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $43.17 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $53.15 ↓ -7%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $73.16 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $81.42 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $82.60 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $88.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $90.86 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $93.22 ↑ +63%

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Ph body fluid at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3.07 $1.11 – $9.51
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $33.80 $0.72 – $10.67
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $111.69 $3.51 – $29.18
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $79.18 $2.06 – $9.24
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $9.33 $2.23 – $4.11
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.52 $1.12 – $10.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $30.43 $2.06 – $10.30
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $30.10 $2.06 – $10.30

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