Plcmt sft tiss loc pq w/img 1st lsn 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

$409.34

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.

$844.00

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.

$211.00 with DHR vs $6,374.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $211.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $211.00 ↓ -48%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $443.30 ↑ +8%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $443.30 ↑ +8%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $492.55 ↑ +20%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $492.55 ↑ +20%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $492.55 ↑ +20%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $492.55 ↑ +20%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $492.55 ↑ +20%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $492.55 ↑ +20%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $506.40 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $523.28 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $565.48 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $582.36 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $590.80 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $615.69 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $633.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $649.88 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $666.76 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $667.90 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $667.90 ↑ +63%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $689.57 ↑ +68%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $689.57 ↑ +68%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $738.83 ↑ +80%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $738.83 ↑ +80%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $844.00 ↑ +106%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $844.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $844.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $844.00 ↑ +106%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $844.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $844.00 ↑ +106%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $844.00 ↑ +106%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $844.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $844.00 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $844.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $844.00 ↑ +106%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $844.00 ↑ +106%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $886.20 ↑ +116%
United Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +118%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98 ↑ +118%
HPN Medicare|Senior $928.40 ↑ +127%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $940.22 ↑ +130%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $1,055.00 ↑ +158%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,055.00 ↑ +158%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,733.78 ↑ +324%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,462.75 ↑ +502%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,462.75 ↑ +502%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,768.00 ↑ +576%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↑ +735%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,131.00 ↑ +909%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +1165%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,603.00 ↑ +1269%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +1457%

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Plcmt sft tiss loc pq w/img 1st lsn at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,238.23 $700.92 – $2,024.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,002.15 $444.22 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,069.58 $492.55 – $2,283.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $905.52 $492.55 – $1,940.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $700.82 $492.55 – $1,511.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $693.27 $492.55 – $1,492.31
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,372.41 $910.78 – $8,018.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $683.91 $3,331.00 – $25,998.00

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