Phosphorus 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

$90.70

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.

$187.00

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.

$4.74 with EasyChoice vs $139.04 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 $4.74 ↓ -95%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -95%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $4.74 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $4.74 ↓ -95%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -95%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4.74 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4.74 ↓ -95%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -95%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -95%
HPN Medicare|Senior $4.74 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -95%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.98 ↓ -95%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $5.29 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $5.44 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $5.44 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|PPO $5.69 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $5.69 ↓ -94%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $5.92 ↓ -93%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $5.93 ↓ -93%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $6.04 ↓ -93%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.04 ↓ -93%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.04 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $6.04 ↓ -93%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $6.04 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $6.04 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.65 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $8.19 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $8.19 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $8.46 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $8.46 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.06 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.06 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9.40 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.40 ↓ -90%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $14.82 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.39 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.39 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.39 ↓ -74%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $30.20 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $30.20 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $37.75 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $42.24 ↓ -53%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $44.00 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $44.00 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $57.15 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $70.37 ↓ -22%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $109.12 ↑ +20%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $121.44 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $123.20 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $132.00 ↑ +46%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $135.52 ↑ +49%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $139.04 ↑ +53%

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Phosphorus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $125.71 $4.74 – $14.79
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $29.42 $0.95 – $15.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $130.56 $4.65 – $38.63
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $111.28 $3.24 – $12.21
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $71.27 $4.74 – $75.46
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $101.92 $1.75 – $14.35
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $66.41 $3.24 – $13.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $65.70 $3.24 – $13.62

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