Phentolaine mesylate inj 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

$1,422.02

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.

$2,932.00

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.

$134.86 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,268.80 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $134.86 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $204.34 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $251.69 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $332.65 ↓ -77%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $408.38 ↓ -71%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $408.38 ↓ -71%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $451.26 ↓ -68%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $453.76 ↓ -68%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $453.76 ↓ -68%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $453.76 ↓ -68%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $488.01 ↓ -66%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $554.63 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $554.63 ↓ -61%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $554.63 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $554.63 ↓ -61%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $554.63 ↓ -61%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $554.63 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $554.63 ↓ -61%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $554.63 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $554.63 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $554.63 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $554.63 ↓ -61%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $554.63 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $554.63 ↓ -61%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $554.63 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $572.65 ↓ -60%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $582.36 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $587.96 ↓ -59%
HPN Medicare|Senior $610.09 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $615.30 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $615.30 ↓ -57%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $617.86 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $635.26 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $635.26 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $651.14 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|PPO $651.14 ↓ -54%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $693.29 ↓ -51%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $693.29 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $698.75 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $698.75 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $939.04 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $939.04 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $939.04 ↓ -34%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $978.25 ↓ -31%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $978.25 ↓ -31%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,597.24 ↑ +12%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,732.90 ↑ +22%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,928.55 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,928.55 ↑ +36%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,928.55 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,956.50 ↑ +38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $2,096.25 ↑ +47%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,152.15 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,208.05 ↑ +55%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,268.80 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,268.80 ↑ +60%

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Phentolaine mesylate inj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,314.00 $41.47 – $2,340.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,402.21 $38.81 – $966.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,182.80 $68.77 – $4,998.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,999.20 $257.18 – $4,998.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $743.86 $28.80 – $453.76
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $735.84 $61.97 – $597.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $973.85 $42.01 – $966.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $973.85 $50.12 – $966.00

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