Plcmt sft tiss loc pq w/img ea addl 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

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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.

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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.

$387.68 with Noble IPA 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $387.68
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $387.68
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $430.75
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $430.75
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $430.75
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $430.75
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $430.75
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $430.75
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $538.44
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $584.10
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $584.10
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $603.05
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $603.05
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $646.13
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $646.13
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,516.24
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,153.75
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,153.75
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
HPN Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital

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Plcmt sft tiss loc pq w/img ea addl lsn at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $651.31 $381.51 – $1,102.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $483.64 $430.75 – $1,107.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $409.64 $242.19 – $879.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $626.62 $430.75 – $1,503.21
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $619.87 $430.75 – $1,672.11
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $472.76 $163.80 – $780.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,017.12 $1,200.00 – $5,357.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $883.23 $369.00 – $738.00

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