Phosphorus 24 hour urine 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

$3.14

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.

$6.47

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.

$1.56 with Blue Shield CA vs $33.15 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.56 ↓ -50%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1.62 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1.62 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3.89 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4.02 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.47 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.53 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $4.86 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4.99 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5.12 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $5.78 ↑ +84%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↑ +84%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $5.78 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $5.78 ↑ +84%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↑ +84%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↑ +84%
HPN Medicare|Senior $5.78 ↑ +84%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $5.78 ↑ +84%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↑ +84%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↑ +84%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $5.78 ↑ +84%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↑ +84%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↑ +84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↑ +84%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $5.83 ↑ +86%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $5.83 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5.89 ↑ +88%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $6.07 ↑ +93%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $6.44 ↑ +105%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $6.47 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.47 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.47 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.47 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $6.47 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $6.47 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $6.47 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $6.47 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.47 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.47 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.47 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6.47 ↑ +106%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.47 ↑ +106%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.47 ↑ +106%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $6.47 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $6.47 ↑ +106%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $7.22 ↑ +130%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $7.23 ↑ +130%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.71 ↑ +209%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.71 ↑ +209%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.48 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11.48 ↑ +266%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $16.26 ↑ +418%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $33.15 ↑ +956%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $33.15 ↑ +956%

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Phosphorus 24 hour urine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $64.83 $5.78 – $115.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $15.02 $1.16 – $8.73
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $17.85 $5.66 – $42.21
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10.21 $2.50 – $14.90
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $63.27 $5.78 – $69.58
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $9.35 $1.35 – $17.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $156.94 $3.24 – $16.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $155.25 $3.24 – $16.62

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